pleader

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   formal or historical: a lawyer or advocate who pleads cases in court

   The pleader addressed the court on behalf of the accused.

2. 2
   noun

   a person who makes an earnest appeal or begs for something

   The governor listened to each pleader before deciding the petitions.

Partly from Middle English pleder, formed from plead + -er, and partly from Anglo-Norman plaidur or pledour ("advocate"). The broader sense follows the ordinary verb plead, meaning to make an earnest appeal.

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