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From Middle English lawyer, lawer, equivalent to law + -yer.
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lawyer (plural lawyers)
- A professional person qualified (as by a law degree and/or bar exam) and authorized to practice law, i.e. conduct lawsuits and/or give legal advice.
- By extension, a legal layman who argues points of law.
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professional person authorized to practice law
- Arabic: مُحامي (ar) (muHaamii) m., (indefinite) محامٍ (ar) (muHaamii) m.
- Egyptian Arabic: محامي (muHaamii) m.
- Armenian: փաստաբան (hy) (p'astaban), իրավաբան (hy) (iravaban)
- Bulgarian: адвокат (bg) (advokát) m.
- Catalan: advocat (ca) m., advocada (ca) f.
- Chechen: юрист
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 律師 (cmn), 律师 (cmn) (lǜshī)
- Min Nan: 律師 (lu̍t-su), 辯護士 (piān-hō͘-sū)
- Crimean Tatar: advokat
- Czech: právník (cs) m., advokát (cs) m.
- Danish: advokat (da) c., sagfører (da) c.
- Dutch: jurist m., raadsman m.; informally also advocaat m., advocate f.
- Esperanto: juristo (eo)
- Finnish: asianajaja, (juristi, lakimies)
- French: juriste (fr) m. and f., homme de loi (fr) m.; informally also avocat (fr) m., avocate (fr) f.
- Georgian: ადვოკატი (ka) (advokati)
- German: Rechtsanwalt (de) m.
- Greek: δικηγόρος (el) m. and f.
- Hindi: वकील (hi) (vakīl) m.
- Hungarian: jogász (hu)
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- Icelandic: lögfræðingur (is) m.
- Interlingua: advocato (ia)
- Italian: avvocato (it) m., legale (it)
- Japanese: 弁護士 (ja) (べんごし, bengoshi), 法曹 (ja) (ほうそう, hōsō)
- Korean: 변호사 (ko) (辯護士, byeonhosa)
- Kurdish: پارێزهر (ku)
- Macedonian: правник (mk) (právnik) m., адвокат (mk) (advokát) m.
- Malay: peguam
- Norwegian: advokat (no) m., (archaic) sakfører (no) m.
- Persian: وکیل (fa) (vakil)
- Polish: adwokat m., prawnik m. (prawniczka f.), radca m.
- Portuguese: advogado (pt) m., advogada (pt) f.
- Romanian: avocat (ro), advocat (ro)
- Russian: юрист (ru) (juríst) m., адвокат (ru) (advokát) m.
- Slovene: odvetnik (sl) m., odvetnica (sl) f., advokat (sl) m., advokatka (sl) f.
- Spanish: abogado (es) m., abogada (es) f., notario (es) m.
- Swahili: wakili (sw)
- Swedish: advokat (sv) c.
- Telugu: న్యాయవాది (te) (nyaayavaadi)
- Turkish: avukat (tr)
- Urdu: وکیل (ur) (vakīl) m.
- Uzbek: advokat (uz)
- Vietnamese: luật sư (vi)
- Yiddish: אַדװאָקאַט (yi) (advokat) m.
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a layman who argues points of law
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lawyer (third-person singular simple present lawyers, present participle lawyering, simple past and past participle lawyered)
- (informal) To practice law.
- To perform, or attempt to perform, the work of a lawyer.
- To make legalistic arguments.
- With "up", to acquire the services of a lawyer.
- (colloquial, criminal law) With "up", to exercise the right to ask for the presence of one's attorney.
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