lawyer
A professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work (such as Juris Doctor)
Other meanings
A professional person qualified (as by a law degree or bar exam) and authorized to practice law as an attorney-at-law, solicitor, advocate, barrister or equivalent, i.e. represent parties in lawsuits or trials and give legal advice.
A legal layman who argues points of law.
Related words
- corporate lawyer
- barrack-room lawyer
- barracks lawyer
- barracks room lawyer
- bush lawyer
- criminal lawyer
- defence lawyer
- defense lawyer
- labour lawyer
- lawyer foyer
- lawyer vine
- lawyer-readable
Example sentences
Word history
From Middle English "lawiere".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “lawyer” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.