legal eagle

noun

: lawyer

Examples of legal eagle in a Sentence

the actor hired a dream team of high-priced legal eagles to defend him against the charges
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Hartley will be joined this fall only by returning series regular Fiona Rene, who continues to play legal eagle Reenie Green. Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 25 Aug. 2025 That’s a fairly wide net in alerting Waukegan legal eagles of what the basis of any lawsuit may entail. Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 21 May 2025 Produced by original film star Reese Witherspoon's Hello Sunshine company, the prequel series will rewind to the high school days of her character, the fashionable legal eagle Elle. Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 16 May 2025 Oh, the legal eagles up at the GTW offices get that, too. Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 12 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for legal eagle

Word History

First Known Use

1869, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of legal eagle was in 1869

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“Legal eagle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/legal%20eagle. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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