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consigliere

US/kɔn.sɪlˈjɛɹ.eɪ/

consigliere noun: a counselor or advisor, especially to Mafia bosses.

Noun

consigliere (plural consiglieri or consiglieres)

  1. A counselor or advisor, especially to Mafia bosses.
    • Tom, I advised Michael. I never thought you were a bad consigliere. I thought Santino was a bad Don, rest in peace. Michael has all my confidence as do you. But there are reasons why you must have nothing to do with what's going to happen.1972, Mario Puzo, Francis Ford Coppola, The Godfather, spoken by Don Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando)
    • He [Bill Clinton] is the master strategist behind the scenes; the consigliere to the head of “the family,” as some Clinton aides refer to her operation; and a fund-raising machine who is steadily pulling in $100,000 or more at receptions.2007 May 13, Patrick Healy, “In New Role, Senator Clinton’s Strategist in Chief”, in New York Times

consigliere meaning in Tamil

consigliere in Tamil

ஆலோசகர், தளபதி, தலைவரின் வலக்கரமாகச் செயல்படுபவர்

Forms of consigliere

pluralconsiglieri
pluralconsiglieres

Plural of consigliere: consiglieri or consiglieres

Origin of consigliere

Borrowed from Italian consigliere, from Italian consiglio (“advice", counsel”), from Latin cōnsilium (“council”). Entered the popular English lexicon through Mario Puzo's “Godfather” novels and the subsequent films made from them.

Questions about consigliere

What does consigliere mean?
Consigliere means a counselor or advisor, especially to Mafia bosses.
What is consigliere in Tamil?
Consigliere in Tamil is ஆலோசகர், தளபதி, தலைவரின் வலக்கரமாகச் செயல்படுபவர். See Consigliere meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is consigliere?
Consigliere is a noun.
How do you pronounce consigliere?
Consigliere is pronounced /kɔn.sɪlˈjɛɹ.eɪ/ (US).
What is the plural of consigliere?
The plural of consigliere is consiglieri.

Words near consigliere in the dictionary

  1. Considine
  2. considre
  3. considres
  4. considrest
  5. considreth
  6. consigliere
  7. consiglieres
  8. consiglieri
  9. Consiglio
  10. Consiglios
  11. consign

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Adapted from Wiktionary: consigliere (page history and authors); consigliere (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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