lawyer

Definition

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

Etymology

From Middle English lawiere, lawier, lawer, equivalent to law + -yer.

Example Sentences

• "His forefathers had been, as a rule, professional men—physicians and lawyers; his grandfather died under the walls of Chapultepec Castle while twisting a tourniquet for a cursing dragoon; an uncle remained indefinitely at Malvern Hill;[…]."
• "Mr. Wells was a pleasant man of middle-age, with keen eyes, and the typical lawyer’s mouth."
• "A lawyer's time and advice are his stock in trade. - aphorism often credited to Abraham Lincoln, but without attestation"