lawyer
IPA: ɫˈɔjɝ
noun
- A professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work (such as Juris Doctor)
- 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.
- (by extension) A legal layman who argues points of law.
- (UK, colloquial) The burbot.
- (UK, dialect) The stem of a bramble.
- Any of various plants that have hooked thorns.
- A relative of the raspberry found in Australia and New Zealand, Rubus australis
- Various species of Calamus, including Calamus australis, Calamus muelleri, Calamus obstruens, Calamus vitiensis, Calamus warburgii, and Calamus moti.
- A woody climbing rainforest vine, Flagellaria indica.
- A male given name
verb
- (informal, intransitive) To practice law.
- (intransitive) To perform, or attempt to perform, the work of a lawyer.
- (intransitive) To make legalistic arguments.
- (informal, transitive) To barrage (a person) with questions in order to get them to admit something.
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Examples of "lawyer" in Sentences
- The lawyer went to the court.
- He is the unscrupulous lawyer.
- The judges disbarred the lawyers.
- The lawyer reversed the judgment.
- The lawyer is chartered by the court.
- The lawyers will not litigate the case.
- The lawyer was with the Clerk of the Court.
- Dmitri Bartnev is the lawyer of the organization.
- The privilege is that of the client and not that of the lawyer.
- But, it is not for an Australian lawyer to emancipate the Brits.
- I still think being a lawyer is about having a part in trying to do justice.
- Rule of thumb: If a lawyer is advertising on TV, steer as far away from him as you can.
- McConaughey is reportedly still playing the title lawyer, while Jones would have been the playboy.
- The best you can hope for from a lawyer is a mild interest in your case and a little extra willingness to work hard.
- "Perhaps you would like to be a lawyer; very well, be a _lawyer_, but see to it that you don't _die a lawyer_, and nothing but a lawyer.
- December 15th, 2009 2: 36 am view my lawyer is an online directory that contains information on lawyers and their specialization worldwide.
- That insight may lead us to the conclusion that the lawyer is a great person for standing up for the rights of an unrepresented group/person.
- If his lawyer is any good, he has convinced the guy that he was caught in the act of a capital crime, and will face certain execution if he does not comply completely.
- Mortimer's personal training as a lawyer likely helped him create the title lawyer character of "Rumpole," which was adapted for short stories and the radio following its TV run.