noun
- a trusted advisor or counselor, especially to a leader of a crime family
Usage: often associated with organized crime
Examples
- The don relied heavily on his consiglieri for strategic advice.
- In the movie, the consiglieri served as the family’s most trusted advisor.
- The consiglieri’s role was to provide wise counsel during difficult decisions.
- He acted as consiglieri to the crime boss for over twenty years.
- The consiglieri remained loyal to the family through all their troubles.
- Without his consiglieri’s guidance, the leader made several costly mistakes.