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pleader

noun
/ˈpliːdə/UK

Etymology

Partly from Middle English pleder, pledere, equivalent to plead + -er; and partly from Middle English pledour, plaidour, from Anglo-Norman plaidur, pledour, Old French plaidëor, pledëor.

  1. derived from plaidëor
  2. derived from plaidur
  3. inherited from pledour
  4. inherited from pleder

Definitions

  1. a person who pleads in court

    a person who pleads in court; an advocate

    • “My District's worked by some man at Darjiling, on the strength of a native pleader's false reports. Oh, it's a heavenly place!”
    • ‘Soon after I came out I asked one of the pleaders to have a smoke with me – only a cigarette, mind.’
    • That is the first duty of the juryman, just as it is the pleader's duty to speak the truth.

  2. someone who pleads or implores

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA