单词 | consigliere |
释义 | consiglieren. 1. In Italy: a member of a council. ΚΠ 1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 6 The Gouernor of the Iland [Zante]..whom they call the Prouidore, with two Consiglieri, all gentlemen of Venice. 1898 Catholic World Mar. 737 Aureli is the general secretary..giving to it all the time he can spare from his profession and his duties as ‘Consigliere’ in the City Council. 1959 E. Pound Thrones xviii. 38 ‘Noi altri borghesi could not speak efficiently to the crowd in piazza,’ said the Consigliere, ‘we thought we could control Mussolini.’ 2. a. A member of a Mafia family who serves as an adviser or aide to the leader or to other members. ΘΚΠ society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > [noun] > crime > a criminal or law-breaker > gangster > person of specific rank in Mafia capo mafioso1952 consigliere1963 godfather1963 soldier1963 made man1973 1963 Organized Crime & Illicit Traffic in Narcotics (U.S. Senate Comm. Govt. Operations, 88th Congr. 1 Sess.) i. 140 He is a consiglieri... An adviser to the gang. 1969 N.Y. Times 24 Apr. 30 In the Mafia..directly under the boss is an underboss and a consigliere or counselor, and under them are captains and ‘soldiers’. 1992 Economist 7 Mar. 50/1 Salvatore Gravano, once his consigliere, now a stool-pigeon, is testifying against him. 2003 New Yorker 21 Apr. 148/1 Winning entrée into establishment business circles at the same time that he was operating as the Mob's trusted consigliere. b. In extended use: a counsellor, adviser, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > advice > [noun] > adviser or counsellor redesmanOE counsellor?c1225 reder1340 guidec1385 patronc1400 counselc1405 nurse?a1425 dresserc1450 guidant1495 adviser1575 advisor1589 manuducent1615 consiliary1652 manuductor1657 Dutch uncle1838 referent1844 consultee1855 mantri1873 advisory1880 consigliere1981 1981 Washington Post (Nexis) 16 Jan. (Weekend section) Movies that sketch the scandal include..Born Again, the saga of Nixon consigliere Charles Colson. 1993 Guardian 19 May 16/7 Alan Sugar yesterday raised the possibility of a detente in the fight with Terry Venables, but only if Venables sacrificed his ‘consigliere’ and fellow Tottenham director Jonathan Crystal. 2001 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 4 Nov. iv. 13/6 George W. Bush likes to be surrounded by a comfort zone of unquestionably loyal old reliables... But Mr. Bush needs a wartime C.I.A. consigliere to crack heads, not a go-along-get-along guy. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1615 |
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