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consultant|kənˈsʌltənt|
[ad. L. consultānt-em, pr. pple. of consultāre to consult, or a. equivalent F. consultant.]
1. One who consults (an oracle).
1697Potter Antiq. Greece ii. xvi. (1715) 335 Fatidical verses, which told the Consultants what Fortune they were to expect. 1865C. T. Newton Trav. Levant ii. 30 The consultant..sacrificed a ram, and..awaited the revelations made to him in the dreams.
2. A consulting physician.
1878J. de Styrap Code Med. Ethics 30 note, In Consultation it is customary for the family doctor to precede the Consultant into the sick-room. 1881Dr. Kidd in Times 14 Apr. 6/3 Her Majesty wished that the responsibility of so momentous an illness should be shared by a consultant. 1965Lancet 17 July 24/1 (Advt.), Consultant in Venereology. Ibid., Locum Tenens Casualty Surgeon (Consultant or Senior Hospital Medical Officer grade). Ibid., Consultants in Anæsthetics.
3. A person qualified to give professional advice or services, e.g. in problems of management or design; an adviser; also spec. a private detective. Also attrib.
1893Conan Doyle Mem. S. Holmes 23, I am rather disappointed in our London consultant. 1900A. Upward Ebenezer Lobb 247 The Baker Street consultant glanced at him with ineffable scorn. 1907Installation News May 3/1 The alleged superfluity of Consulting Engineers... Even amongst consultants undesirables are to be found. 1935Planning II. xlvi. 2 The rapid growth of clearing house and consultant services for information. 1962Listener 9 Aug. 223/2 Five writers and one consultant were credited with The Bob Hope Show. 1964Oxf. Univ. Gaz. 22 Oct. 145/1 Paul Maas..Consultant to the Clarendon Press, Oxford, from 1939. |