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[law-yer, loi-er]

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noun

a person whose profession is to represent clients in a court of law or to advise or act for clients in other legal matters.

New Testament. an interpreter of the Mosaic Law. Luke 14:3.

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verb (used without object)

to work as a lawyer; practice law.

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verb (used with object)

to submit (a case, document, or the like) to a lawyer for examination, advice, clarification, etc.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English lawyere. See law¹, -ier¹

Related forms

law·yer·like, law·yer·ly, adjective

de·law·yer, verb (used with object)

non·law·yer, noun

un·der·law·yer, noun

un·law·yer·like, adjective

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un·law·yer·ly, adjective

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Can be confused: attorney, counsel, counselor, lawyer, litigator.

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The lawyer said the policy appeared to conflict with federal law.

At the bar he dressed scruffily, lest anyone take him for a conventional lawyer.

Bella wanted to be a lawyer, and to be a lawyer you had to be tall.

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The lawyer said the policy appeared to conflict with federal law.

At the bar he dressed scruffily, lest anyone take him for a conventional lawyer.

Bella wanted to be a lawyer, and to be a lawyer you had to be tall.

In the ethical version a lawyer helps his colleague, whereas in the unethical version the lawyer sabotages him.

She thinks that someday, when she's no longer dancing, she might become a lawyer who works with artists and performers.

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McCallum will appeal the decision, according to his lawyer.

What a tremendous bit of lawyer profiteering wrapped in disingenuous female emotionalism.

The only problem is the box needs four keys to open, and the lawyer who has been holding onto the box misplaced them.

My lawyer made money by working with the opposing lawyer, having meetings with them and working for their mutual benefit.

We'll probably need a committee, somebody to handle public relations, maybe a lawyer.

So he personally took on the challenge of getting a patent for his own software, fighting the battle as his own lawyer.

They will be given a lawyer at no expense and will have the right to remain silent.

My brother, the lawyer who can talk/argue about anythinghires secretaries and accountants to do his math for him now.

And almost anybody can get a lawyer these days-which means there are plenty of food-related lawsuits each year.

It was the sort of convoluted reasoning of which any lawyer would be proud.

John, you may be a lawyer for knowing that causation and correlation are two separate concepts.

His career as a trial lawyer had taught him never to rise to provocation.

If anyone actually believes that's evidence, then please don't ever become a lawyer or a judge.

Kill someone because his lawyer was not as skilled as the prosecutor.

Guess what, if you get sued, you will find the best lawyer.

Kensington's lawyer admitted, however, that the dumped waste would kill all aquatic life.

If you hire a lawyer to argue a case and they lose, there's rarely cause to sue the lawyer.

Three weeks after the online auctioneer filed plans to go public, a lawyer challenges the company's patented business model.

The attorney-client privilege protects the confidentiality of communications between a lawyer and a client.

Miller easily parried every attack by the lawyer for the intelligent design side.

The idea of working hard to pay your dues as a lawyer is outdated.

It hired a lawyer to investigate placement-rate practices on all of its campuses and reported its discovery to the council.

It's hard to tell a bus driver from a lawyer without the social and professional markings of their dress.

Remember, if your deception lasts for more than four hours, consult a lawyer immediately.

Afifi told the agent he was willing to answer questions if his lawyer approved.

Sometimes a lawyer can barely get a sentence out before the questioners leave her in quivers.

The defence lawyer learnt of the charges only when they were read out in court.

She intends to become a lawyer in order to help women defend themselves against violence and injustice.

He faces federal fraud charges but his lawyer declined comment.

It's unusual for a university's top lawyer to lose his or her job over an athletics scandal.

The bear may eat you but it will never, ever hire a lawyer.

Wegman's lawyer denied allegations of plagiarism in an e-mail to the newspaper.

If a firm publishes a high estimate of what a particular type of lawsuit might cost it, no opposing lawyer will settle for less.

His lawyer argued that the drugs had been planted and that the police had not followed the proper procedures in their search.

After all, something made the lawyer reveal the inadmissable evidence- it may be factually correct, but not legally revealed.

My point about making sure you can write correctly if you want to be a lawyer still holds true.

I'd rather see a scientist practicing law or politics than a lawyer or politician practicing science.

Pooring drinks in one cafe or another or being a lawyer in one town or another.

The utility's lawyer said the modification would be fine.

If a lawyer gets a witness to perjure himself to win a case he is not practicing law, he is committing a crime.

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World English Dictionary

lawyer (ˈlɔːjə, ˈlɔɪə)

—n
1.	advocate barrister See also solicitor a member of the legal profession, esp a solicitor
2.	a popular name for burbot

[C14: from law¹]

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Word Origin & History

lawyer

late 14c., from M.E. lawe "law" (see law) + -iere. Spelling with -y- first attested 1611.

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
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