lawyer
Use Lawyer in a sentence
Ads
Find a Lawyer www.findlaw.com/Lawyer Looking for a Lawyer for Your Legal Issue? Free Search at FindLaw
Personal Injury Lawyers www.injuryhelplinelawyer.com/ Free Case Evaluation with an Injury Lawyer in Your Area. Contact Us Now
yər, ˈlɔɪ noun
1.
a person whose profession is to represent clients in a court of law or to advise or act for clients in other legal matters.
2.
New Testament. an interpreter of the Mosaic Law. Luke 14:3.
verb (used without object)
3.
to work as a lawyer; practice law.
verb (used with object)
4.
to submit (a case, document, or the like) to a lawyer for examination, advice, clarification, etc.
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2013.
Cite This Source
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2013.
Cite This Source
|
Link To lawyer
Collins
![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif)
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
00:10
Lawyer
is one of our favorite verbs.
So is fletcherise. Does it mean:
| to chew (food) slowly and thoroughly. |
| to steal or take dishonestly (money, esp. public funds, or property entrusted to one's care); embezzle. |
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
lawyer
late 14c., from M.E. lawe "law" (see law) + -iere. Spelling with -y- first attested 1611.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
Cite This Source
Cite This Source
Easton
Bible Dictionary
Lawyer definition
among the Jews, was one versed in the laws of Moses, which he expounded in the schools and synagogues (Matt. 22:35; Luke 10:25). The functions of the "lawyer" and "scribe" were identical. (See DOCTOR.)
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
Cite This Source
Cite This Source
Example sentences
If the defendant or his lawyer or doctor do not believe that is the case after an evaluation, than they should argue it in court.
His father was a lawyer of undistinguished abilities but of cultured and literary tastes.
He was a successful lawyer, but no one has ever accused him of being a deep thinker.
He also, at his father's urging, decided to enlist a patent lawyer to help him apply for a patent on the rocket camera.
Matching Quote
Nearby Words
Copyright © 2013 Dictionary.com, LLC. All rights reserved.
