consultant
//kənˈsʌl.tənt//
Forms
- Plural
- consultants
Definitions
1.A person or party that is consulted.
2.A person whose occupation is to be consulted for their expertise, advice, service or help in an area or specialty; a party whose business is to be similarly consulted.
3.Synonym of informant.
4.A senior hospital-based physician or surgeon who has completed all specialist training and has been placed on the specialist register in their chosen speciality, roughly equivalent to an attending physician in North America.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #3204
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Etymology
From French consultant, present participle of consulter
From Latin cōnsultāre (“to deliberate, consult”), frequentative of cōnsulere (“to consult, deliberate, consider, reflect upon, ask advice”)
From com- (“together”) + -sulere, of uncertain origin.