lawyer

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

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

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

2. 2

   A professional person qualified (as by a law degree or bar exam) and authorized to…

   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.
   • A lawyer's time and advice are his stock in trade. [one of various versions of an aphorism in law]
3. 3

   A legal layman who argues points of law.

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   1. 4

      The burbot.

   2. 5

      The stem of a bramble.

   3. 6

      Any of various plants that have hooked thorns.

      • The species of Eugnomus are very partial to the lawyer (Rubus australis ) when in bloom.
      • A plant that is excessively troublesome in the localities where the native vegetation has been least disturbed is the “lawyer” (Rubus australis).
   4. 7

      To practice law.

   5. 8

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

   6. 9

      To make legalistic arguments.

   7. 10

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

      • You've been lawyered!
   8. 11

      A male given name.

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