: one whose profession is to conduct lawsuits for clients or to advise as to legal rights and obligations in other matters
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their lawyers told them that they couldn't use the park for the concert without permission from the city
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His lawyers filed a motion alleging that Allen was deprived of personal items, phone calls, non-legal visits, and was strip-searched when escorted to the shower.
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Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 9 May 2026
On Saturday, Magyar, a 45-year-old lawyer who founded Tisza in 2024 after years as an insider in Orbán's party, entered the sprawling neo-Gothic parliament building alongside 140 of his party representatives.
—CBS News, 9 May 2026
The first wife of the high-profile lawyer who specialized in winning medical malpractice cases was serving a 32-year-to-life prison sentence for the 1989 killing of her former husband and his wife, Linda.
—Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 May 2026
There are remote lodges opened by textile entrepreneurs (Norden Camp, on the Tibetan plateau) and residence-style hotels opened by lawyers (Villa Fayoum in Egypt).
—Gisela Williams, Travel + Leisure, 9 May 2026
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Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 9 May 2026
On Saturday, Magyar, a 45-year-old lawyer who founded Tisza in 2024 after years as an insider in Orbán's party, entered the sprawling neo-Gothic parliament building alongside 140 of his party representatives.
—CBS News, 9 May 2026
The first wife of the high-profile lawyer who specialized in winning medical malpractice cases was serving a 32-year-to-life prison sentence for the 1989 killing of her former husband and his wife, Linda.
—Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 May 2026
There are remote lodges opened by textile entrepreneurs (Norden Camp, on the Tibetan plateau) and residence-style hotels opened by lawyers (Villa Fayoum in Egypt).
—Gisela Williams, Travel + Leisure, 9 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for lawyer
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“Lawyer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lawyer. Accessed 13 May. 2026.
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lawyer
noun
law·yer
ˈlȯ-yər 
: one whose profession is to advise clients as to legal rights and obligations and to represent clients in legal proceedings
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