Definitions
Etymologies
- Italian consiglio, "advice", "counsel", from Latin consilium. (Wiktionary)
- Italian, from Latin cōnsiliārius, from cōnsilium, advice. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Granted, "consigliere" is a term used to describe many political advisors.”
“I find the word consigliere word out of place here..”
“These deals are large and complex, requiring a lot more than just a "consigliere" -- a term always used with "The Godfather" playing in the background -- sitting in a dark room plotting with a CEO.”
The Huffington Post: Robert Teitelman: Svengalis, Bankers and the Role of Intermediaries
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“The person most responsible for Obama's look: Chicago boutique owner Ikram Goldman, the first lady's style "consigliere," who ordered up the Jason Wu inaugural gown and a number of other designer ensembles.”
The Washington Post: Michelle Obama's "Everyday Icon" style and the other woman behind the clothes
“Bruce Nilles, Sierra Club's Beyond Coal 'consigliere' is passionate about saving our planet and saving our democracy.”
The Huffington Post: Jeanine Molloff: The Great Coal Debate: How Lobbyists Pollute Our Politics
“He has been called everything from Fenty's godfather to 'consigliere' to 'vice mayor,' a gibe that he is the Richard B. Cheney to Fenty's George W. Bush.”
“Is the role of Attorney General to be a corporate 'consigliere' defending the mob bosses in Wall Street, and the political whoring collaborators in Congress and the Oval Office; or is the Attorney General assigned to be the prosecutorial guardian of the Constitution and Bill of Rights?”
“Noting Murtha's loss for the majority leader job, Novak says that nonetheless, Murtha is a key advisor on Iraq policy to Pelosi with California congressman George Miller -- whom, using a not-so-subtle ethnic slur, he calls Pelosi 's "consigliere," a term dropped into American culture through the movie "The Godfather.”
“Charton said Gonzales continues to act like President Bush's "consigliere," and has failed to shed his previous title as White House counsel since being appointed attorney general.”
Gonzales Memo: White House Granted Extraordinary Access to DOJ Files
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘consigliere’.
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Words you can't find on the Thesaurus
My favorite, hard-to-find words - these aren't crazy words you'd never find in the dictionary, but the best moderate words I can find.
Napery, Chafe, Machination, Sacrilege, Sacrament, Marmoreal, Cynosure, Beget, Consumerism, Juxtapose, Mantra, Hedonistic and 155 more...
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250 Further Spelling Words
Another compilation of spelling words suitable for intermediate to advanced spellers.
venturi, aesir, affenpinscher, rottweiler, amanuensis, balletomane, sangfroid, yukata, capriccio, cuisse, heriot, psaltery and 236 more...
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JimboBaggins's list
paraphenalia
haberdashery, desideratum, esoteric, retribution, retrograde, tetrahedron, iridescent, tentative, siphon, soothsayer, wanderlust, patina and 16 more...
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ambrosia, inamorata, gossamer, lily-white, hummingbird, roucoulement, poppy, daisy, calypso, lunula, lamb, dove and 1526 more...
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At your service
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Need to Know!
elicit, educe, refute, cogency, churlish, martinet, veritable, polyglot, dissemble, histrionics, prevarication, verbiage and 166 more...
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words/phrases I wish I could find mor...
puttin' on the dog, smarty, smarty ha..., murgatroyd, treshstra, puissance, corpuscle, socker kaka, peckish, hullabaloo, salvo, holy guacamole, b..., cascade and 112 more...
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andystardust's Words
liminal, soporific, solipsism, calumny, sanguine, egregious, inimical, corpus, divulge, a fortiori, salutary, evanescence and 118 more...
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gerwitz's Words
erudite, autodidactic, callipygian, ouroboros, zounds, fie, wabi, sabi, gedankenexperiment, zeitgeist, eliminativism, aether and 157 more...
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vmarinelli's Words
canard, gumption, inexorable, insouciance, inviolable, mordant, euphonious, sawbuck, carpe diem, pay dirt, adipocere, profligate and 496 more...
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newGRE
mostly from magoosh
imbue, verge on, nonchalant, deliberate, timorous, futile, provisional, dissect, checked, tinged, alluring, visionary and 1046 more...
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NTDW1
template, modal, sublingual, tandem, polycentric, septuagenarian, token, irrevocable, denotive, augural, aberrant, phlebotomy and 1188 more...
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some words
phatic, macerate, amanuenses, theophagy, seraglio, gloaming, geophagy, metaphone, anastrophe, neologism, tetragrammaton, bête noire and 568 more...
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Tolland's list
Those I've come across and try to keep fresh within my mind.
clandestine, dysphoric, indictive, vigil, fractious, assiduous, indefatigable, ubiquitous, insidious, paroicous, aplomb, sangfroid and 654 more...
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GRE
predisposed, browbeaten, hegemonic, corollary, mendacity, remnant, futile, touchstone, upshot, intuition, perseverance, perk and 214 more...
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Tweets
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dontcry "Tom, you know you're not a wartime consigliere.." May 10, 2008
john "Consigliere (pronounced 'konsiʎˈʎɛ�?ɾe') is the Italian term for an adviser or counsellor. It is derived from the Latin consiliarius, from consilium, 'advice'...
Consigliere entered the popular English lexicon through Mario Puzo's Godfather novels and the subsequent films made from them. In these portrayals, the consigliere is an adviser or counselor to a mafia boss, with the additional responsibility of representing the Don in important meetings within the Don's crime family or with other crime families. The consigliere is a close, trusted friend and confidant."
- Wikipedia Mar 17, 2008