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/ˈlɔːjə(ɹ)/ · noun
A professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work (such as Juris Doctor).
A lawyer's time and advice are his stock in trade. [one of various versions of an aphorism in law]
His forefathers had been, as a rule, professional men—physicians and lawyers; his grandfather died under the walls of Chapultepec Castle while twisting a tourniquet for a cursing dragoon; an uncle remained indefinitely at Malvern Hill;[…].
Mr. Wells was a pleasant man of middle-age, with keen eyes, and the typical lawyer’s mouth.
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Lawyer means A professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work (such as Juris Doctor).
Common synonyms include abogado, advocate, attorney, avocat.
Possible antonyms include non-lawyer.
A lawyer's time and advice are his stock in trade. [one of various versions of an aphorism in law]
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