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consulter|kənˈsʌltə(r)|
[f. consult v. + -er1: see also consultor.]
†1. A member of a council or consultory body; = consultor. Obs.
1610Healey St. Aug. Citie of God 185 Diodor saith that the Chaldes called two and thirty starres the gods consulters. 1670Walton Lives ii. 115 One of their Consulters of State. 1725tr. Dupin's Eccl. Hist. 17th C. I. iii. v. 110 Present the Cardinals and Consulters.
†b. One who takes part in a ‘consult’ (see consult n.1 2). Obs. rare.
1679Oates Narr. Popish Plot 18 At which Consult..the Deponent was present to attend the Consulters.
2. One who consults (a person, a book, etc.); one who seeks counsel, advice, or instruction.
1652Gaule Magastrom. 249 The Delphian oracle..a goat is there immolated by the consulters. 1758Johnson Idler No. 14 ⁋9 The consulter who asks advice which he never takes. 1826Miss Mitford Village Ser. ii. (1863) 442 The fair consulter of destiny..had by this time recovered from the shame of her detection. 1881Academy 5 Nov. 343 The consulter of a dictionary.
†b. One who takes counsel with. Obs.
1611Bible Deut. xviii. 11 A consulter with familiar spirits. 1637–50Row Hist. Kirk (1842) 48 Consulters with witches ordained to make publict repentance. 1718F. Hutchinson Witchcraft 184 Witch, Wizzard, and Consulter with familiar Spirits. |