A senior advisor with the cunning and ruthlessness needed to defeat an enemy during times of open conflict. Unconstrained by the caution and deliberationcalled for during regular business order.
Tom Hagenadvised the Corleone's well as it grew into the Mafia's pre-eminent family; but he wasn't a wartime consigliere.
An adviser or counselor, especially to a capo or leader of an organized crimesyndicate. He is the one that keeps peace between Families, and is also third in line in La Costa Nostra(This Little Thing Of Ours)right under the Underboss and Don.
The other Mafia families disliked the fact that the Corleones had a german-irish Consigliori. Because of Tom Hagen, the Corleones were sometimes referred to as "The Irish Gang".
Most commonly pronounced "Coon-seal-ea-air-ee". Basically mean a councelor in Italian. Most commonly known from the Mafia as a high ranking Made Man. In the Mafia his job is to counsil and advise the boss, sometimes known in the media as the Don on any big decisions. Despite the Godfather consigliori is a rank just below the "caporgimes" and there never has been a non Italian consigliore.