1 ~ (on sth) a person who knows a lot about a particular subject and is employed to give advice about it to other people:
a firm of management consultants * the President's consultant on economic affairs
2 (BrE) a hospital doctor of the highest rank who is a specialist in a particular area of medicine:
a consultant in obstetrics * a consultant surgeon
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