lawyer

Meanings

Plural: lawyers

Noun

• a professional person authorized to practice law; conducts lawsuits or gives legal advice
• 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.
• A legal layman who argues points of law.
• The burbot.
• 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
• Any of various plants that have hooked thorns.
• Various species of Calamus, including Calamus australis, Calamus muelleri, Calamus obstruens, Calamus vitiensis, Calamus warburgii, and Calamus moti.
• Any of various plants that have hooked thorns.
• A woody climbing rainforest vine, Flagellaria indica.

Verb

• To practice law.
• To perform, or attempt to perform, the work of a lawyer.
• To make legalistic arguments.
• To barrage (a person) with questions in order to get them to admit something.

Synonyms

advocate, attorney, counselor

Related Words

barrister, lawyer up, solicitor