lawyer
See also: Lawyer
English
Alternative forms
- lawer (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English lawier, lawyer, lawer, equivalent to law + -yer.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈlɔːjə(ɹ)/, /ˈlɔɪ.ə(ɹ)/[1]
- (US, Northern and Western) IPA(key): /ˈlɔɪ.ɚ/
- (US, Southern) IPA(key): /ˈlɔ.jɚ/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɔɪ.ə, -ɔɪ.ə(ɹ)
- Hyphenation: law‧yer
Noun
lawyer (plural lawyers)
- A professional person qualified (as by a law degree or bar exam) and authorized to practice law, i.e. represent parties in lawsuits or trials and give legal advice.
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- (by extension) A legal layman who argues points of law.
- (colloquial, UK) The burbot.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Terms derived from lawyer
Translations
professional person authorized to practice law
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a layman who argues points of law
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Verb
lawyer (third-person singular simple present lawyers, present participle lawyering, simple past and past participle lawyered)
- (informal, intransitive) To practice law.
- (intransitive) To perform, or attempt to perform, the work of a lawyer.
- (intransitive) To make legalistic arguments.
- (informal, transitive) To barrage (a person) with questions in order to get them to admit something.
- You've been lawyered!
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See also
References
- ^ Oxford English Dictionary. "Lawyer, n."
Anagrams
Middle English
Noun
lawyer
- Alternative form of lawier
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