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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun lawyer has 1 sense
- lawyer(n = noun.person) attorney - a professional person authorized to practice law; conducts lawsuits or gives legal advice; Array has particulars: 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, 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
is a kind of professional, professional person
is a member of attorney-client relation, lawyer-client relation
Derived form noun law6
CIDE DICTIONARY
lawyer, n. [From Law, like bowyer, fr. bow.].
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- The black-necked stilt. See Stilt. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
lawyer, n. a member of the legal profession, esp. a solicitor.
Derivative
lawyerly adj.
Etymology
ME law(i)er f. LAW
ROGET THESAURUS
lawyer
Legality
N legality, legitimacy, legitimateness, legislature, law, code, corpus juris, constitution, pandect, charter, enactment, statute, rule, canon, ordinance, institution, regulation, bylaw, byelaw, decree, ordonnance, standing order, plebiscite, legal process, form, formula, formality, rite, arm of the law, habeas corpus, fieri facias, jurisprudence, nomology, legislation, codification, equity, common law, lex, lex nonscripta, law of nations, droit des gens, international law, jus gentium, jus civile, civil law, canon law, crown law, criminal law, statute law, ecclesiastical law, administrative law, lex mercatoria, constitutionalism, constitutionality, justice, court, tribunal, judge, lawyer, attorney, legal counsel, legal, legitimate, according to law, vested, constitutional, chartered, legalized, lawful, statutable, statutory, legislatorial, legislative, regulatory, regulated, legally, in the eye of the law, de jure, ignorantia legis neminem excusat, ignorance of the law is no excuse, where law ends tyranny begins.Lawyer
N lawyer, attorney, legal counsel, counsel, counsellor, counsellor at law, attorney at law, jurist, legist, civilian, pundit, publicist, juris consult, legal adviser, advocate, barrister, barrister at law, King's or Queen's counsel, K, C, Q, C, silk gown, leader, sergeant-at-law, bencher, tubman, judge, bar, legal profession, bar association, association of trial lawyers, officer of the court, gentleman of the long robe, junior bar, outer bar, inner bar, equity draftsman, conveyancer, pleader, special pleader, solicitor, proctor, notary, notary public, scrivener, cursitor, writer, writer to the signet, S, S, C, limb of the law, pettifogger, vakil, legal beagle, legal secretary, legal assistant, law student, learned in the law, at the bar, forensic, esquire, esquired, banco regis.
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