military advisor
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4.6
- noun
- /ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri əˈvaɪzər/
:
asesor militar
- During the conflict, the military advisor played a crucial role in training the local forces.
- U.S. military advisors
- number of military advisors
But in one case, the chief Soviet military advisor to the Cuban government told Khrushchev.
- But in one case, the chief Soviet military advisor to the Cuban government told Khrushchev.
- And he my, my escort, my military advisor.
Examples
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" Michael Stone was returning to Israel as a military advisor to David Ben-Gurion.
Fiction book (2001) -
While the number of Soviet military advisors decreased over time, they were always present.
Academic text (1999) -
What do military advisors do?
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And at one point, the military adviser was called, too.
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My father was a military adviser.
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We brought in a military advisor who really worked with these guys to give them an understanding of all this.
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I was a military advisor in Saigon when we first got in the war.
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He was the President's principal military adviser, but a holdover from the last administration.
Fiction book (1991) -
They are accompanied by a British military advisor, Captain TE Lawrence, better known as Lawrence of Arabia.
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As a first lieutenant, Donovan arrives in Vietnam to act as a military advisor to local villagers and soon finds himself master of a small universe.
Academic text (1999)
How Involved
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'an advisor who specializes in military matters' is directly and compositionally derived from combining 'military' (relating to soldiers/war) with 'advisor' (someone who gives guidance). This is a common, literal noun-noun/adj-noun combination found across languages and would be predictable to a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
The term military advisor comes from a simple picture: a trained soldier (military) standing beside local commanders to point at maps and give advice (advisor) instead of taking part in fighting. So, the phrase means 'a soldier who helps and guides another country's forces without fighting'.