lawyer

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   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.

   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;[…].

2. 2
   noun

   Any of various plants that have hooked thorns.

   The species of Eugnomus are very partial to the lawyer (Rubus australis ) when in bloom.

3. 3
   verb

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

   You've been lawyered!

4. 4
   noun

   a professional person authorized to practice law

5. 5
   noun

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

6. 6
   noun

   A legal layman who argues points of law.

7. 7
   noun

   The burbot.

8. 8
   noun

   The stem of a bramble.

Etymology

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