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# counselor

«counselor» in Mova's school dictionary: **to listen to people and help them with personal problems…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a counselor, counselors; UK spelling counsellor)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A trained person whose job is to listen to people and help them with personal problems, worries or feelings: «a school counselor». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/counselor/#m1)

2) (US, Canada) A camp counselor: a young adult who looks after children at a summer camp. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/counselor/#m2)

3) (US, law) A lawyer, especially in court: «Counselor, please approach the bench». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/counselor/#m3)

4) (formal, old) An adviser to a king, queen or leader. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/counselor/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In school and wellbeing lessons, children learn that a school counselor is a safe, trusted adult to talk to about worries, bullying or sadness, and that such talks are private unless someone is at risk. In American summer-camp stories, counselors run activities. In American TV courtroom dramas, judges call lawyers «counselor». In the Bible, God is called «Wonderful Counselor» in Isaiah. Phrases: «school counselor», «guidance counselor», «camp counselor», «marriage counselor».

### examples

- I talked to the school counselor when my parents split up. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/counselor/#x1)
- Our camp counselor taught us to paddle a canoe. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/counselor/#x2)
- The guidance counselor helped my sister choose her classes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/counselor/#x3)
- «Objection, counselor!» said the judge. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/counselor/#x4)
- The king's counselors advised him not to go to war. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/counselor/#x5)
- The counselor listened without judging me. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/counselor/#x6)
- If something worries you, a counselor is a good person to tell. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/counselor/#x7)

### note

American spelling: counselor (one l); British, Irish, Australian and NZ: counsellor (double l); Canada uses both. Homophone trap: «councillor» (UK) or «councilor» (US) is a member of a town council, a different job. «Counsel» means advice or to advise; «council» is a group that runs a town.

### In the corpora

- [Childline is free on 0800 1111 in the UK; in the US kids can tell a school counselor or call Childhelp on 1-800-422-4453.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/497-tired-sad-or-drinking-parents-tell-a-trusted-adult/38/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «counselor» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/counselor/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.