Definition of "lawyer" in Englisch

noun

1. A professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work (such as Juris Doctor)

2. A professional person qualified (as by a law degree or bar exam) and authorized to practice law as an attorney-at-law, solicitor, advocate, barrister or equivalent, i.e. represent parties in lawsuits or trials and give legal advice.

   • A lawyer's time and advice are his stock in trade. - aphorism often credited to Abraham Lincoln, but without attestation

3. (by extension) A legal layman who argues points of law.

4. (UK, colloquial) The burbot.

5. (UK, dialect) The stem of a bramble.

6. Any of various plants that have hooked thorns.

verb

1. (informal, intransitive) To practice law.

2. (intransitive) To perform, or attempt to perform, the work of a lawyer.

3. (intransitive) To make legalistic arguments.

4. (informal, transitive) To barrage (a person) with questions in order to get them to admit something.

   • You've been lawyered!