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lawyer
/ˈlɔɪ.ɚ/
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What does lawyer mean?
noun
- A professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work (such as Juris Doctor)
- A professional person qualified (as by a law degree or bar exam) and authorized to practice law as an attorney-at-law, solicitor, advocate, barrister or equivalent, i.e. represent parties in lawsuits or trials and give legal advice.
- A legal layman who argues points of law.
More meanings (10)
noun
- The burbot.
- The stem of a bramble.
- A relative of the raspberry found in Australia and New Zealand, Rubus australis
- Various species of Calamus, including Calamus australis, Calamus muelleri, Calamus obstruens, Calamus vitiensis, Calamus warburgii, and Calamus moti.
- A woody climbing rainforest vine, Flagellaria indica.
verb
- (informal) To practice law.
- To perform, or attempt to perform, the work of a lawyer.
- To make legalistic arguments.
- (informal) To barrage (a person) with questions in order to get them to admit something.
proper noun
- A male given name.
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IPA pronunciation
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See this word in context.
His manners were something between those of the courtier, which he had never been, and the lawyer, which he might have been.
When they entered his office the lawyer sprang up, for Jurgis looked like a crazy person, with flying hair and bloodshot eyes.
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In his own cause he can beat a Boston lawyer, but he is dumb when asked to plead the cause of others.
His statement added to that previously given by the lawyer aroused in us great interest concerning the constructive possibilities of the case.
The warrior, the lawyer, the artisan, in a word, almost all professions and trades, were carried away by the fury of gaming.