lawyer
//ˈlɔːjə(ɹ)//
Forms
- Plural
- lawyers
- present (v1)
- lawyer
- past (v2)
- lawyered
- past participle (v3)
- lawyered
- present participle
- lawyering
- 3rd person singular
- lawyers
Definitions
1.A professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work (such as Juris Doctor)
- I have a cousin who is a lawyer.
- She advised him to see a lawyer.
- Do you want to speak with a lawyer?
2.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.
- Mr. Wells was a pleasant man of middle-age, with keen eyes, and the typical lawyer’s mouth.
3.A legal layman who argues points of law.
- I have a cousin who is a lawyer.
- She advised him to see a lawyer.
- Do you want to speak with a lawyer?
4.The burbot.(colloquial)
- I have a cousin who is a lawyer.
- She advised him to see a lawyer.
- Do you want to speak with a lawyer?
1.To practice law.(informal)
2.To make legalistic arguments.
3.To barrage (a person) with questions in order to get them to admit something.(informal)
4.To perform, or attempt to perform, the work of a lawyer.
Frequency
Overall
Common· #1036
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Uncommon
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Etymology
From Middle English lawiere, lawier, lawer, equivalent to law + -yer.