a man whose job is to give advice about personal problems in a newspaper or magazine by answering people’s letters. The American word is advice columnist.
Synonyms and related words
Journalists and groups of journalists
journalist
editor
reporter
agony uncle
noun countable British
US
Word Forms
singular
agony uncle
plural
agony uncles
DEFINITIONS1
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a man whose job is to give advice about personal problems in a newspaper or magazine by answering people’s letters. The American word is advice columnist.