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consigliere, n.
Brit. |kɒnsɪliˈɛːri|, U.S. |ˌkɔnsəliˈɛ(ə)ri|, |ˌkɑnsəliˈɛ(ə)ri|
Plural -s, consiglieri
Forms: 16– consigliere, 19– consiglieri[erron.]
[‹ Italian consigliere counsellor (1219) > n.) + -ere -er suffix2.
In plural form consiglieri after the Italian plural form.]
1. In Italy: a member of a council.
1615G. Sandys Relation of Journey 6 The Gouernor of the Iland [Zante]..whom they call the Prouidore, with two Consiglieri, all gentlemen of Venice. 1898Catholic World Mar. 737 Aureli is the general secretary..giving to it all the time he can spare from his profession and his duties as ‘Consigliere’ in the City Council. 1959E. Pound Thrones xviii. 38 ‘Noi altri borghesi could not speak efficiently to the crowd in piazza,’ said the Consigliere, ‘we thought we could control Mussolini.’
2.
a. A member of a Mafia family who serves as an adviser or aide to the leader or to other members.
1963Organized Crime & Illicit Traffic in Narcotics (U.S. Senate Comm. Govt. Operations, 88th Congr. 1 Sess.) i. 140 He is a consiglieri... An adviser to the gang. 1969N.Y. Times 24 Apr. 30 In the Mafia..directly under the boss is an underboss and a consigliere or counselor, and under them are captains and ‘soldiers’. 1992Economist 7 Mar. 50/1 Salvatore Gravano, once his consigliere, now a stool-pigeon, is testifying against him. 2003New Yorker 21 Apr. 148/1 Winning entrée into establishment business circles at the same time that he was operating as the Mob's trusted consigliere.
b. In extended use: a counsellor, adviser, etc.
1981Washington Post (Nexis) 16 Jan. (Weekend section), Movies that sketch the scandal include..Born Again, the saga of Nixon consigliere Charles Colson. 1993Guardian 19 May 16/7 Alan Sugar yesterday raised the possibility of a detente in the fight with Terry Venables, but only if Venables sacrificed his ‘consigliere’ and fellow Tottenham director Jonathan Crystal. 2001N.Y. Times (National ed.) 4 Nov. iv. 13/6 George W. Bush likes to be surrounded by a comfort zone of unquestionably loyal old reliables... But Mr. Bush needs a wartime C.I.A. consigliere to crack heads, not a go-along-get-along guy. |