Etymology

Noun

1. A counselor or advisor, especially to Mafia bosses.

Quotations

• 2007, New York Times, http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/13/us/politics/13bill.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin

  He is the master strategist behind the scenes; the consigliere to the head of “the family,” as some Clinton aides refer to her operation; and a fund-raising machine who is steadily pulling in $100,000 or more at receptions

Noun

1. adviser
2. councillor