lawyer
lawyer
nounDefinition of LAWYER
a person whose profession is to conduct lawsuits for clients or to advise about legal rights and obligations <their lawyers told them that they couldn't use the park for the concert without permission from the city>
Synonyms advocate, attorney, attorney-at-law, counsel, counselor (or counsellor), counselor-at-law, legal eagle
Related Words cocounsel; district attorney, prosecuting attorney, prosecutor, solicitor; criminal lawyer, mouthpiece [slang], public defender, trial lawyer; solicitor; jurist; lawgiver, lawmaker, legislator, solon; ambulance chaser, pettifogger, Philadelphia lawyer, shyster
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