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Definition of Lawyer
1. Noun. A professional person authorized to practice law; conducts lawsuits or gives legal advice.
Category relationships: Jurisprudence, Law
Specialized synonyms: Advocate, Counsel, Counsellor, Counselor, Counselor-at-law, Pleader, Ambulance Chaser, Barrister, Conveyancer, Defense Attorney, Defense Lawyer, Divorce Lawyer, Prosecuting Attorney, Prosecuting Officer, Prosecutor, Public Prosecutor, Public Defender, Referee, Solicitor, Trial Attorney, Trial Lawyer
Generic synonyms: Professional, Professional Person
Specialized synonyms: Abul-walid Mohammed Ibn-ahmad Ibn-mohammed Ibn-roshd, Averroes, Ibn-roshd, Boy Orator Of The Platte, Bryan, Great Commoner, William Jennings Bryan, Clarence Darrow, Clarence Seward Darrow, Darrow, Arthur Garfield Hays, Hays, Hays, Will Hays, William Harrison Hays, Hoover, J. Edgar Hoover, John Edgar Hoover, Francis Scott Key, Key, Abraham Lincoln, Lincoln, President Abraham Lincoln, President Lincoln
Group relationships: Attorney-client Relation, Lawyer-client Relation
Derivative terms: Attorneyship, Law
Definition of Lawyer
1. n. One versed in the laws, or a practitioner of law; one whose profession is to conduct lawsuits for clients, or to advise as to prosecution or defence of lawsuits, or as to legal rights and obligations in other matters. It is a general term, comprehending attorneys, counselors, solicitors, barristers, sergeants, and advocates.
Definition of Lawyer
1. Noun. A professional person qualified (as by a law degree and/or bar exam) and authorized to practice law, i.e. conduct lawsuits and/or give legal advice. ¹
2. Noun. By extension, a legal layman who argues points of law. ¹
3. Verb. (informal) To practice law. ¹
4. Verb. To perform, or attempt to perform, the work of a lawyer. ¹
5. Verb. To make legalistic arguments. ¹
6. Verb. With "up", to acquire the services of a lawyer. ¹
7. Verb. (colloquial criminal law) With "up", to exercise the right to ask for the presence of one's attorney. ¹
8. Verb. To barrage with questions in order to get the person to admit something, usually used in the past tense "[You've been] lawyered." ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Lawyer
1. to work as a member of the legal profession [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Medical Definition of Lawyer
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1. One versed in the laws, or a practitioner of law; one whose profession is to conduct lawsuits for clients, or to advise as to prosecution or defence of lawsuits, or as to legal rights and obligations in other matters. It is a general term, comprehending attorneys, counselors, solicitors, barristers, sergeants, and advocates.
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Lawyer
Literary usage of Lawyer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Roughing It by Mark Twain (2001)
"The lawyer, by superhuman exertions, had saved the blonde and her parents ...
The lawyer did his duty like a man; helped his exhausted and insensible blonde ..."
2. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1908)
"signed by the parties and witnesses, among these witnesses being Mr. Cuadra, the
lawyer of the two daughters, and Mr. Landron, a lawyer who represented the ..."
3. The Law as a Vocation by Frederick James Allen (1919)
"Any lawyer may have the bulk of his practice in one of these major fields, ...
The main divisions are, the General Practitioner, the Criminal lawyer, ..."
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