lawyer, attorney
(noun) a professional person authorized to practice law; conducts lawsuits or gives legal advice
Source: WordNet® 3.1
lawyer (plural lawyers)
A professional person qualified (as by a law degree or bar exam) and authorized to practice law, i.e. represent parties in lawsuits or trials and give legal advice.
(by extension) A legal layman who argues points of law.
(UK, colloquial) The burbot.
(UK, dialect) The stem of a bramble.
Any of various plants.
• advocate
• attorney
• counselor
lawyer (third-person singular simple present lawyers, present participle lawyering, simple past and past participle lawyered)
(informal, intransitive) To practice law.
(intransitive) To perform, or attempt to perform, the work of a lawyer.
(intransitive) To make legalistic arguments.
(informal, transitive) To barrage (a person) with questions in order to get them to admit something.
• Rawley, warely, yawler
Lawyer
A male given name
• Rawley, warely, yawler
Source: Wiktionary
Law"yer, n. Etym: [From Law, like bowyer, fr.bow.]
1. One versed in the laws, or a practitioner of law; one whose profession is to conduct lawsuits for clients, or to advise as to prosecution or defence of lawsuits, or as to legal rights and obligations in other matters. It is a general term, comprehending attorneys, counselors, solicitors, barristers, sergeants, and advocates.
2. (Zoöl.) (a) The black-necked stilt. See Stilt. (b) The bowfin (Amia calva). (c) The burbot (Lota maculosa).
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
