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advice columnist

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Someone who writes for the advice column of a newspaper.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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History

Etymology

From advice column + -ist.

Across languages

Translations

17 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Danish: brevkasseredaktør — someone who writes for an advice column
  • Finnish: neuvontapalstan pitäjä — someone who writes for an advice column
  • Finnish: ihmissuhdekolumnisti — someone who writes for an advice column
  • German: Briefkastenonkel — someone who writes for an advice column
  • German: Briefkastentante — someone who writes for an advice column
  • German: Kummerkastentante — someone who writes for an advice column
  • Italian: redattore rubrica dei consigli — someone who writes for an advice column
  • Italian: redattrice rubrica dei consigli — someone who writes for an advice column
  • Marathi: सल्ला स्तंभलेखक (sallā stambhlekhak) — someone who writes for an advice column
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Klara Klok — someone who writes for an advice column
  • Polish: redaktor rubryki porad osobistych — someone who writes for an advice column
  • Polish: redaktorka rubryki porad osobistych — someone who writes for an advice column
  • Portuguese: colunista de conselhos — someone who writes for an advice column
  • Portuguese: colunista conselheiro — someone who writes for an advice column
  • Portuguese: colunista conselheira — someone who writes for an advice column
  • Spanish: doctora corazón — someone who writes for an advice column
  • Turkish: güzin abla — someone who writes for an advice column