consultant

noun
/kənˈsʌl.tənt/CA/kənˈsɐl.tənt/

Etymology

From French consultant, present participle of consulter, from Latin cōnsultāre (“to deliberate, consult”), frequentative of cōnsulere (“to consult, deliberate, consider, reflect upon, ask advice”), from com- (“together”) + -sulere, of uncertain origin.

  1. derived from consulto — “to deliberate, consult
  2. derived from consultant

Definitions

  1. A person or party that is consulted.

  2. A person whose occupation is to be consulted for their expertise, advice, service or help…

    A person whose occupation is to be consulted for their expertise, advice, service or help in an area or specialty; a party whose business is to be similarly consulted.

  3. A senior hospital-based physician or surgeon who has completed all specialist training…

    A senior hospital-based physician or surgeon who has completed all specialist training and has been placed on the specialist register in their chosen speciality, roughly equivalent to an attending physician in North America.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at consultant. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at consultant. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

5 hops · closes at consultant

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA