as in adviser
a person who gives advice especially professionally
the President's trusted consigliere and chief political strategist
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Recent Examples of consigliere
He's been described as Trump's wartime consigliere.
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Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 11 Nov. 2024
Tonino from Boardwalk Empire — seeing a pattern with the casting here?), Chickie’s former consigliere who switches sides when the beef between the two would-be bosses becomes a line in the sand.
—Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2024
The film was written by Vanity Fair’s longtime Trump chronicler Gabriel Sherman and stars Sebastian Stan as the future president and Jeremy Strong as his onetime consigliere Roy Cohn.
—Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
This finally earns Eddie the respect of Jack (Harry Goodwins), Susie’s boxer brother and consigliere.
—Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 7 Mar. 2024
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Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 11 Nov. 2024
Tonino from Boardwalk Empire — seeing a pattern with the casting here?), Chickie’s former consigliere who switches sides when the beef between the two would-be bosses becomes a line in the sand.
—Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2024
The film was written by Vanity Fair’s longtime Trump chronicler Gabriel Sherman and stars Sebastian Stan as the future president and Jeremy Strong as his onetime consigliere Roy Cohn.
—Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
This finally earns Eddie the respect of Jack (Harry Goodwins), Susie’s boxer brother and consigliere.
—Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 7 Mar. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for consigliere
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Federal workers, unions, troops and others have raced to federal courts with more than 150 lawsuits against the president, his billionaire adviser Elon Musk and the rest of the administration.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
5 Apr. 2025
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The roughly 30-minute meeting was attended by Trump, national security adviser Mike Waltz, Vice President Vance and other senior officials.—
Alexis Simendinger,
The Hill,
4 Apr. 2025
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Naomi Rougeau Naomi Rougeau is a writer, editor, and creative consultant, who, despite being based in New York for more than a decade, keeps one cowboy boot firmly planted in her native Texas.—
Naomi Rougeau,
Robb Report,
31 Mar. 2025
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The typical gum base contains two to four types of synthetic plastics or rubbers, Gwendolyn Graff, a confectionery consultant, told me.—
Hannah Seo,
The Atlantic,
29 Mar. 2025
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Plaques remember her sisters — Virginia, Lila, Ruby and Marion — her mother, Pauline Becker, and confidants Ruby Basabe and Linda Shockey.—
Dana Oland,
Idaho Statesman,
1 Apr. 2025
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Giuliani once served as a close Trump confidant as well as a legal adviser during the president’s first term.—
Brett Samuels,
The Hill,
1 Apr. 2025
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“Consigliere.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consigliere. Accessed 10 Apr. 2025.
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