Lawyer

Etymology
From lawyer:, lawer:, equivalent to.

Noun

 * 1) 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.
 * 2) By extension, a legal layman who argues points of law.

Synonyms

 * advocate
 * attorney
 * counselor

Derived terms

 * lawyerly
 * (by law specialism) corporate lawyer
 * lawyering

Translations

 * Arabic:, محام
 * Egyptian Arabic:
 * Armenian:, իրավաբան
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chechen: юрист
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Min Nan: ,
 * Crimean Tatar: advokat
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish: advokat, sagfører
 * Dutch: jurist, raadsman ; informally also advocaat , advocate
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: asianajaja, (juristi, lakimies)
 * French:, homme de loi; informally also ,
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hindi: वकील
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: lögfræðingur


 * Italian:, legale
 * Japanese: 弁護士, 法曹
 * Korean: 변호사
 * Kurdish:
 * Macedonian: правник,
 * Malay: peguam
 * Persian: وکیل
 * Polish: adwokat, prawnik (prawniczka ), radca
 * Portuguese:, advogada
 * Russian: ,
 * Slovene: odvetnik, odvetnica, advokat, advokatka
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: న్యాయవాది
 * Turkish:
 * Urdu: وکیل
 * Uzbek: advokat
 * Vietnamese: luật sư
 * Yiddish: אַדװאָקאַט


 * Dutch: pleiter, (juridisch) raadsman ; informally also advocaat


 * : адвокат (advokát)


 * : avvocato
 * : legisperitus

Verb

 * 1)  To practice law.
 * 2) To perform, or attempt to perform, the work of a lawyer.
 * 3) To make legalistic arguments.
 * 4) With "up", to acquire the services of a lawyer.
 * 5)  With "up", to exercise the right to ask for the presence of one's attorney.

Related terms

 * lawyer up

Anagrams

 * warely

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