adviser English · revision 14927

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: UK /ədˈvaɪ.zə/, US /ədˈvaɪ.zɚ/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[advise]] and [[-er]].^(Etymonline) The Latinate spelling advisor may be a back-formation from [[advisory]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ One who gives advice: about 1536 in Merriam-Webster, 1611 in the OED, the 1610s in Etymonline.^(MWU 2024)^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ A dispatch boat was an adviser in 1658–9, a sense now obsolete.^(OED 1989) One who sends notice of something is from 1854.^(OED 1989) With a capital, an agent of the British government advising a ruler is from 1878.^(OED 1989) A senior member of a university assigned to guide a student, chiefly American, is from 1887,^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline) and a soldier sent to help a foreign government or army from 1915.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1536 – adviser.^(MWU 2024)

+ * 1611 – one who advises.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1658–9 – a dispatch boat (obsolete).^(OED 1989)

+ * 1887 – a student's adviser (US).^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

+ * 1915 – a military adviser.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A person or firm that gives advice, especially professionally; a [[counsellor]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # An educator who advises students on academic and personal matters.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # ''(British)'' A subject specialist who advises the heads of schools.^(Collins 2023)

+ # A soldier sent to advise or help the government or army of another country, chiefly in the plural.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[advisership]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[advise]]

+ * [[advice]]

+ * [[advisory]]

+ * [[advisor]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ It is also spelled advisor.^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}