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le⋅gist

  [lee-jist]
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–noun
an expert in law, esp. ancient law.
Origin:
1425–75; late ME < ML lēgista. See legal, -ist
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le·gist   (lē'jĭst)   
n.  A specialist in law.

[Middle English legiste, from Old French, from Medieval Latin lēgista, from Latin lēx, lēg-, law; see leg- in Indo-European roots.]
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