Definition of lawyer

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Lawyer (n.) One versed in the laws, or a practitioner of law; one whose profession is to conduct lawsuits for clients, or to advise as to prosecution or defence of lawsuits, or as to legal rights and obligations in other matters. It is a general term, comprehending attorneys, counselors, solicitors, barristers, sergeants, and advocates..

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Snide :: Snide (a.) Tricky; deceptive; contemptible; as, a snide lawyer; snide goods..
Consultation :: Consultation (n.) A council or conference, as of physicians, held to consider a special case, or of lawyers restained in a cause..
Leguleian :: Leguleian (a.) Lawyerlike; legal.
Gownman :: Gownman (n.) One whose professional habit is a gown, as a divine or lawyer, and particularly a member of an English university; hence, a civilian, in distinction from a soldier..
Trade :: Trade (v.) The business which a person has learned, and which he engages in, for procuring subsistence, or for profit; occupation; especially, mechanical employment as distinguished from the liberal arts, the learned professions, and agriculture; as, we speak of the trade of a smith, of a carpenter, or mason, but not now of the trade of a farmer, or a lawyer, or a physician..
Sound :: Sound (superl.) Free from error; correct; right; honest; true; faithful; orthodox; -- said of persons; as, a sound lawyer; a sound thinker..
Pettifog :: Pettifog (v. i.) To do a petty business as a lawyer; also, to do law business in a petty or tricky way..
Clientele :: Clientele (n.) The persons who make habitual use of the services of another person; one's clients, collectively; as, the clientele of a lawyer, doctor, notary, etc..
Pettifogger :: Pettifogger (n.) A lawyer who deals in petty cases; an attorney whose methods are mean and tricky; an inferior lawyer.
Office :: Office (n.) The place where a particular kind of business or service for others is transacted; a house or apartment in which public officers and others transact business; as, the register's office; a lawyer's office..
Retainer :: Retainer (n.) The act of a client by which he engages a lawyer or counselor to manage his cause.
Lawyer :: Lawyer (n.) One versed in the laws, or a practitioner of law; one whose profession is to conduct lawsuits for clients, or to advise as to prosecution or defence of lawsuits, or as to legal rights and obligations in other matters. It is a general term, comprehending attorneys, counselors, solicitors, barristers, sergeants, and advocates..
Chamber :: Chamber (n.) A room or rooms where a lawyer transacts business; a room or rooms where a judge transacts such official business as may be done out of court.
Lawyer :: Lawyer (n.) The black-necked stilt. See Stilt.
Learned :: Learned (a.) Of or pertaining to learning; possessing, or characterized by, learning, esp. scholastic learning; erudite; well-informed; as, a learned scholar, writer, or lawyer; a learned book; a learned theory..
Lawyerly :: Lawyerly (a.) Like, or becoming, a lawyer; as, lawyerlike sagacity..
Parvise :: Parvise (n.) a court of entrance to, or an inclosed space before, a church; hence, a church porch; -- sometimes formerly used as place of meeting, as for lawyers..
Quirky :: Quirky (a.) Full of quirks; tricky; as, a quirky lawyer..
Bar :: Bar (n.) The whole body of lawyers licensed in a court or district; the legal profession.
Lawyer :: Lawyer (n.) The bowfin (Amia calva).
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