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consulter

consulter

6.3
A person who asks an expert for advice or information
  • noun
  • /kənˈsʌltər/
translation icon : consultante
  • This criterion invites the consulter to discover or explore the effects of the problem—how it affects the patient's day-to-day life.

Examples

  • Taken together with performance criterion 7 (the one that requires the consulter to reach a clinically appropriate working diagnosis), is it not obvious that a healthcare professional has a responsibility to offer the right treatment for the right disease?

    Academic text (2011)
  • Before making a big decision, I always consult my financial consulter for advice.

  • I call my spiritual consultant to change my brain.

  • They can make what a cheese consultant friend of mine calls not clean milk, but dead milk.

  • This Senatus consultant reads as follows quote.

  • But we paid very slowly and the staff accepted that they were all freelancers and and consultants rather than salaried staff.

  • We did a segment actually on on today's show about how this was finding its way into critical race theory consultants and and and other things.

  • As a career consulter, she helps organizations improve their operations.

  • Seeking guidance from a nutrition consulter can help you make healthier food choices.

Synonyms

searcher
vsconsulter
20 2.3

A person who looks for information or lost things

seeks advice or information directly from someone especially from an expert
inquirer
vsconsulter
20 3.2

A person who asks questions to get information

seeks advice or information mainly from an expert person
asker
vsconsulter
4 3.3

A person who wants an answer to a question

looks for advice or information primarily from an expert person
advisee
vsconsulter
  • Jargon
3 6.1

A student who gets help with their studies from an assigned staff member

seeks advice or information from experts across many situations not only academics
mentoree
vsconsulter
1 7.8

A person who gets help from a more experienced person at work or school

seeks advice or information often for specific questions rather than long mentorship
counselee
vsconsulter
  • Jargon
7.5

A person who gets advice or help from a counselor

seeks advice or information broadly from experts not only therapeutic counselors
consultee
vsconsulter
7.4

A person who gives or receives advice in a meeting about something

seeks advice or information rather than sometimes giving opinions in a consultation

How Active

questioner
  • Formal
23 3.2
inquirer
20 3.2
consulter
6.3
client
2.0
bystander
84 3.4

Surface Forms

consulter singular
consultants plural

Morphology

consulter = consult (transparent) = consult + er

Regular agentive formation: 'consult' (to seek advice) + '-er' yields 'one who consults' (a seeker of advice).

Etymology

The word consulter comes from the old Latin verb consulere meaning 'to ask advice'. A helpful way to remember this second sense is to think of a consulter as the person who 'consults' someone else — the one who asks for help or information.