"advice columnist" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: advice columnists [plural]
Etymology: advice column + -ist Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|advice column|ist}} advice column + -ist Head templates: {{en-noun}} advice columnist (plural advice columnists)
  1. Someone who regularly writes for the advice column of a newspaper. Categories (topical): Occupations, People Synonyms: agony aunt [Britain, informal] Translations (someone who writes for an advice column): 答問專欄作者 (Chinese Mandarin), brevkasseredaktør [common-gender] (Danish), neuvontapalstan pitäjä (Finnish), ihmissuhdekolumnisti (Finnish), Briefkastenonkel [masculine] (German), Briefkastentante [feminine] (German), Kummerkastentante [feminine] (German), redattore rubrica dei consigli [masculine] (Italian), redattrice rubrica dei consigli [feminine] (Italian), सल्ला स्तंभलेखक (sallā stambhlekhak) [masculine] (Marathi), Klara Klok [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), colunista de conselhos [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), colunista conselheiro [masculine] (Portuguese), colunista conselheira [feminine] (Portuguese), doctora corazón [feminine] (Spanish), güzin abla (Turkish)

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