Consultant Definition

kən-sŭltənt

consultants

noun

consultants

An expert who is called on for professional or technical advice or opinions.

Webster's New World

A person who consults an oracle.

Webster's New World

A person whose occupation is to be consulted for their expertise, advice, or help in an area or specialty. Alternatively, a party whose business is to be similarly consulted.

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Other Word Forms of Consultant

Noun

Singular:

consultant

Plural:

consultants

Origin of Consultant

From French consultant, present participle of consulter, from Latin consultare (“to deliberate, consult”), frequentative of consulere (“to consult, deliberate, consider, reflect upon, ask advice”), from com- (“together”) + -sulere, of uncertain origin.

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