Counsellor

[Fr. conseiller; Lat. conciliar i us.] Any person who gives counsel or advice; one authorized to give counsel or advice. "In multitude of counsellors there is safety."- Prov . χχίν. 6. -A member of a council; a councillor of state. ( Law .) A person retained by a client to plead his cause in a court of judicature; an advocate; a barrister. "Good counsellors lack no clients."- Shaks . Counsellorship, n. The office of a counsellor. Count, v. a. [Fr. compter ; Sp. and Port. contar ; It. contare, from Lat. computo. See COMPUTE.] To compute; to number; to reckon; to calculate; to tell; to rate; to enumerate. -To place to an account; to esteem; to account; to judge; to consider to impute. "You would not wish to count this man a foe."- Philips . the back; as, a counter throw in wrestling. "They never throw counter , but at the back of the flyer."- Sandys . -v. a . [See ENCOUNTER.] ( Sports .) In boxing, to parry or repel a blow. "Plants a straight-out blow like Mace, And counters like Tom Sayers."- Boriana .