lawyer
11lawyer — [n] person who is trained to counsel or argue in cases of law advocate, attorney, attorney at law, barrister, counsel, counsellor, counselor, defender, jurisprudent, jurist, legal adviser, legal eagle*, legist, member of the bar, mouthpiece*,… …
12lawyer — ► NOUN ▪ a person who practises or studies law, especially (in the UK) a solicitor or a barrister or (in the US) an attorney. DERIVATIVES lawyering noun lawyerly adjective …
13Lawyer — Lawyers redirects here. For the television series, see The Lawyers. For other uses, see Lawyer (disambiguation). Lawyer 19th century painting of lawyers, by French artist Honoré Daumier Occupation Names …
14lawyer — n. 1) to hire, retain a lawyer 2) a practicing lawyer 3) a civil rights; corporation; criminal; trial lawyer 4) a Philadelphia ( shrewd ) lawyer 5) (humorous; usu. mil.) a barrack room (esp. BE), guardhouse (esp. AE) lawyer ( a soldier who claims …
15lawyer — An attorney or counsellor at law; a barrister; a solicitor; a person licensed by law to practice the profession of the law who thus practices. A lawyer need not appear in any court, advertise himself as a lawyer, or earn his living by the… …
16lawyer */*/*/ — UK [ˈlɔːjə(r)] / US [ˈlɔjər] noun [countable] Word forms lawyer : singular lawyer plural lawyers Differences between British and American English: lawyer: In both the UK and the US, lawyer is the general word for a trained legal adviser. In the… …
17lawyer — lawyerlike, lawyerly, adj. /law yeuhr, loy euhr/, n. 1. a person whose profession is to represent clients in a court of law or to advise or act for clients in other legal matters. 2. New Testament. an interpreter of the Mosaic Law. Luke 14:3. v.i …
18Lawyer — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Lawyer >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 lawyer lawyer attorney Sgm: N 1 counsel counsel counsellor Sgm: N 1 jurist jurist legist civilian pundit publicist juris consult legal …
19lawyer — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ brilliant, clever, competent, excellent, good, smart (esp. AmE) ▪ high powered, hotshot (AmE), leading …
20lawyer — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. See lawsuit. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. attorney, counsel, counselor, counselor at law, attorney at law, solicitor, barrister, legal adviser, legal practitioner, member of the bar, jurist, defender,… …
