ALL meanings of lawyer
law·yer
L l - noun lawyer A person who practices or studies law; an attorney or a counselor. 1
- noun lawyer a person whose profession is to represent clients in a court of law or to advise or act for clients in other legal matters. 1
- noun lawyer New Testament. an interpreter of the Mosaic Law. Luke 14:3. 1
- verb without object lawyer to work as a lawyer; practice law. 1
- verb with object lawyer to submit (a case, document, or the like) to a lawyer for examination, advice, clarification, etc. 1
- countable noun lawyer A lawyer is a person who is qualified to advise people about the law and represent them in court. 0
- noun lawyer a member of the legal profession, esp a solicitor 0
- noun lawyer a person who has been trained in the law, esp. one whose profession is advising others in matters of law or representing them in lawsuits 0
- intransitive verb lawyer to work as a lawyer 0
- noun lawyer A professional person qualified (as by a law degree and/or bar exam) and authorized to practice law, i.e. conduct lawsuits and/or give legal advice. 0
- noun lawyer By extension, a legal layman who argues points of law. 0
- verb lawyer (Informal) To practice law. 0
- verb lawyer To perform, or attempt to perform, the work of a lawyer. 0
- verb lawyer To make legalistic arguments. 0
- verb lawyer With "up", to acquire the services of a lawyer. 0
- verb lawyer (Colloquial) (criminal law) With "up", to exercise the right to ask for the presence of one's attorney. 0
- verb lawyer To barrage with questions in order to get the person to admit something, usually used in the past tense ". 0