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counselour

counselour is the obsolete form of counselor.

Meaning of counselor

Noun

counselor (plural counselors)

  1. A professional who counsels people, especially on personal problems.
  2. A school counselor, often in a specialty such as careers, education, or health.
  3. An attorney.
  4. A high ranking diplomat, usually just below an ambassador or minister.
  5. (US) A children’s supervisor, usually at camp.

Forms of counselour

pluralcounselours

Questions about counselour

What is counselour the obsolete form of?
Counselour is the obsolete form of counselor.

Words near counselour in the dictionary

  1. counsells
  2. counselor
  3. counselors
  4. counselorship
  5. counselorships
  6. counselour
  7. counselours
  8. counsels
  9. counsels of perfection
  10. count
  11. count 'em

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Adapted from Wiktionary: counselour (page history and authors); counselor (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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