consultantn.
/kənˈsʌltənt/ 1. One who consults (an oracle).
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the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > advice > [noun] > one who asks advice or consults > one who consults an oracle
consulter1652
consultant1697
consultor1842
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination through oracles > [noun] > medium or mouthpiece of the deity, oracle > one who consults an oracle
consulter1652
consultant1697
consultor1842
1697 J. Potter Archæologiæ Græcæ I. ii. xvi. 305 Fatidical verses, which..told the Consultants what Fortune they were to expect.
1865 C. 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.
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the world > health and disease > healing > healer > physician > [noun] > consultant physician
consultant1878
1878 J. de Styrap Code Med. Ethics 30 (note) In Consultation it is customary for the family doctor to precede the Consultant into the sick-room.
1881 Dr. Kidd in Times 14 Apr. 6/3 Her Majesty wished that the responsibility of so momentous an illness should be shared by a consultant.
1965 Lancet 17 July 24/1 (advt.) Consultant in Venereology.
1965 Lancet 17 July 24/1 (advt.) Locum Tenens Casualty Surgeon (Consultant or Senior Hospital Medical Officer grade).
1965 Lancet 17 July 24/1 (advt.) 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 attributive.
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the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > advice > [noun] > adviser or counsellor > in business, etc.
business doctor1879
consultant1894
ADAS1971
the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > secret observation, spying > procedures used in spying > [noun] > private detection > person engaged in
private detective1857
eye1874
Pinkerton1877
ferret1891
consultant1894
private investigator1894
Sherlock Holmes1896
operative1901
Sherlock1903
Sherlockian1903
Pink1904
peeper1908
private dick1912
op1924
shamus1925
private eye1938
PI1953
peep1974
1894 A. Conan Doyle Mem. Sherlock Holmes 23 I am rather disappointed in our London consultant.
1900 A. Upward Ebenezer Lobb 247 The Baker Street consultant glanced at him with ineffable scorn.
1907 Installation News May 3/1 The alleged superfluity of Consulting Engineers... Even amongst consultants undesirables are to be found.
1935 Planning 2 xlvi. 2 The rapid growth of clearing house and consultant services for information.
1962 Listener 9 Aug. 223/2 Five writers and one consultant were credited with The Bob Hope Show.
1964 Oxf. Univ. Gaz. 22 Oct. 145/1 Paul Maas..Consultant to the Clarendon Press, Oxford, from 1939.
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