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lawyer

Syllabification: (law·yer)

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Definition of lawyer

noun

  • a person who practices or studies law; an attorney or a counselor.

verb

[no object]
  • practice law; work as a lawyer: (as noun lawyering)lawyering is a craft that takes a long time to become proficient at
  • [with object] (of a lawyer) work on the legal aspects of (a contract, lawsuit, etc.):there is always a danger that the deal will be lawyered to death

Derivatives

lawyerly

adjective

lawyer in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of lawyer in the British & World English dictionary