[ad. L. consultānt-em, pr. pple. of consultāre to consult, or a. equivalent F. consultant.]
1. One who consults (an oracle).
1697. Potter, Antiq. Greece, II. xvi. (1715), 335. Fatidical verses, which told the Consultants what Fortune they were to expect.
1865. C. T. Newton, Trav. Levant, ii. 30. The consultant … sacrificed a ram, and … awaited the revelations made to him in the dreams.
2. A consulting physician.
1878. J. de Styrap, Code Med. Ethics, 30, note. In Consultation it is customary for the family doctor to precede the Consultant into the sick-room.
1881. Dr. Kidd, in Times, 14 April, 6/3. Her Majesty wished that the responsibility of so momentous an illness should be shared by a consultant.
