lawyer

UK /ˈlɔːjə(ɹ)/ US /ˈlɔɪ.ɚ/
noun 5verb 4name 1

Definitions

noun

1

A professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work (such as Juris Doctor)

2

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.

His forefathers had been, as a rule, professional men—physicians and lawyers; his grandfather died under the walls of Chapultepec Castle while twisting a tourniquet for a cursing dragoon; an uncle remained indefinitely at Malvern Hill;[…].

Mr. Wells was a pleasant man of middle-age, with keen eyes, and the typical lawyer’s mouth.

3

A legal layman who argues points of law.

4

The burbot.

5

The stem of a bramble.

verb

1

To practice law.

2

To perform, or attempt to perform, the work of a lawyer.

3

To make legalistic arguments.

4

To barrage (a person) with questions in order to get them to admit something.

You've been lawyered!

name

1

A male given name.

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