consigliere
Noun
Meaning
consigliere (plural consiglieri or consiglieres)
A counselor or advisor, especially to Mafia bosses.
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As Ellison's ultra-effective consigliere, Catz not only acts as his proxy, but translates her boss's ideas and ambitions into reality -- power that goes well beyond the scope of most conventional deputies.
Rivera said Cohen was somewhat of a "consigliere" to Trump, in that he was the "one key person we tell all of our life story to."
Joe Biden often brags that he was Barack Obama's foreign affairs consigliere during their eight years together in the White House.
“But sir,” the desperate consigliere pleaded, “People are dying!
I was there just to be consigliere, to talk to whomever, but mostly Gary, who’s a friend of mine, about what ideas—no matter how small or big—belong in the universe.