agony columnist or aunt

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• agony uncle — noun • • • Main Entry: ↑agony * * * agony uncle UK US noun [countable] [singular agony uncle plural agony uncles] british …   Useful english dictionary

• agony aunt — agony aunts N COUNT An agony aunt is a person who writes a column in a newspaper or magazine in which they reply to readers who have written to them for advice on their personal problems. [BRIT] Syn: advice columnist (in AM, use advice columnist) …   English dictionary

• agony aunt — An agony aunt is a newspaper columnist who gives advice to people having problems, especially personal ones …   The small dictionary of idiomes

• Agony — may refer to: Concepts * Pain, anguish, or struggle, especially the struggle that precedes death, from the Greek word agonia (Webster s dictionary) *Passion (Christianity), also called the Agony of Christ *Agony aunt, an advice columnist *Spice… …   Wikipedia

• agony aunt — noun a newspaper columnist who answers questions and offers advice on personal problems to people who write in • Hypernyms: ↑newspaper columnist * * * noun Usage: chiefly Brit : a person who writes an advice column * * * agony aunt noun 1.… …   Useful english dictionary

• agony aunt — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms agony aunt : singular agony aunt plural agony aunts British a woman whose job is to give advice about personal problems in a newspaper or magazine by answering people s letters. The American word is advice… …   English dictionary

• agony aunt —    An agony aunt is a newspaper columnist who gives advice to people having problems, especially personal ones.   (Dorking School Dictionary) …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

• Agony aunt —   An agony aunt is a newspaper columnist who gives advice to people having problems, especially personal ones …   Dictionary of English idioms

• agony aunt — noun Date: 1975 chiefly British a columnist who writes an agony column …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• advice columnist — noun [countable] [singular advice columnist plural advice columnists] Thesaurus: journalists and groups of journalistssynonym types of newspaper or magazine …   Useful english dictionary

• newspaper columnist — noun a columnist who writes for newspapers (Freq. 1) • Hypernyms: ↑columnist, ↑editorialist • Hyponyms: ↑agony aunt, ↑gossip columnist, ↑newspaper critic …   Useful english dictionary