PLEADER

advocate, counsel, counselor, counsellor, counselor-at-law, pleader

(noun) a lawyer who pleads cases in court

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

pleader (plural pleaders)

(law) a person who pleads in court; an advocate [from 13th c.]

(generally) someone who pleads or implores [from 16th c.]

Anagrams

• pearled, pedaler, predeal, replead

Source: Wiktionary

Plead"er, n. Etym: [F. plaideur.]

1. One who pleads; one who argues for or against; an advotate. So fair a pleader any cause may gain. Dryden.

2. (Law)

Definition: One who draws up or forms pleas; the draughtsman of pleas or pleadings in the widest sense; as, a special pleader.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition