ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Legist

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ˈliːdʒɪst/ · Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Legist is a noun meaning One skilled in the law.

Meaning

One skilled in the law.

More Meanings

  1. A writer on law; also, a lawmaker, a legislator.

Example Sentences

‘King and kingdom,’ concurred d'Aguesseau, wisest of wise eighteenth-century legists, ‘form a single entity.’
There were a number of lawyers of the older type, men in sharp contrast and antagonism to the younger legists of the new American school.

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Related dictionary entries include jurisprudent, litigator, lawman, jurisconsult, lawmaker, lawyer.

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