public defender

English

Alternative forms

• PD (initialism)

Noun

public defender (plural public defenders)

1. (law) An attorney appointed to represent people who cannot afford to hire one.

Translations

attorney

• Catalan: advocat d'ofici m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 公設辯護人／公设辩护人 (gōngshè biànhùrén)

• Finnish: julkinen oikeusavustaja
• Galician: avogado de oficio (gl) m
• German: Pflichtverteidiger (de) m, Pflichtverteidigerin (de) f
• Hungarian: kirendelt ügyvéd, kirendelt védő
• Korean: 국선변호인(國選辯護人) (gukseonbyeonhoin)
• Polish: obrońca z urzędu m
• Spanish: abogado de oficio m