lawyer
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
lawyer/ˈlɔːjə(r)/
▶noun a person who practises or studies law, especially (in the UK) a solicitor or a barrister or (in the US) an attorney.
– derivatives
lawyering noun,
lawyerly adjective.
lawyering noun,
lawyerly adjective.
'lawyer' also found in these Oxford entries:
advocaat
- ambulance-chaser
- attorney
- barrack-room lawyer
- bush lawyer
- casebook
- caseload
- central casting
- Crown prosecutor
- esquire
- gown
- jurist
- legal eagle
- paralegal
- peremptory challenge
- practice
- private practice
- privilege
- procurator
- prosecutor
- public defender
- sea lawyer
- shyster
- squire
- surgery
- -yer
