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
Noun
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Both Trump and Elon Musk, his billionaire adviser, have made inflated claims about fraud in the system.—
Ashley Lopez,
NPR,
22 Mar. 2025
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Earlier in the day, President Trump rejected reports that adviser Elon Musk would be briefed on how the United States would fight a hypothetical war with China.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
22 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Lisa Miller, former deputy insurance commissioner who is now a consultant, told the Sun Sentinel that requiring transparency reports for rates would not make premiums more understandable to consumers.—
Ron Hurtibise,
Sun Sentinel,
19 Mar. 2025
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Knowles replaces consultant Katie Hamill, who came on as Ramos’ campaign manager at the beginning of this year.—
Chris Sommerfeldt,
New York Daily News,
18 Mar. 2025
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And as the man at its helm, Musk has been presidential confidant, cost-cutter, and government contractor all at once.—
Robert Costa,
CBS News,
16 Mar. 2025
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Cutter, another Harris confidant later joked, cut him out.—
Amie Parnes,
The Hill,
13 Mar. 2025
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“Consigliere.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consigliere. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.
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