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Meaning of lawyer | Babel Free

Noun masculine CEFR A2 Frequent
ˈlɔːjə(ɹ)

Definitions

  1. A male given name
  2. A professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work (such as Juris Doctor)
  3. A male given name.
  4. lawyer, solicitor, counsel.
  5. 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.
  6. past participle of abogar
  7. One whose profession is to give legal advice and assistance to clients and represent them in court or in other legal matters.
  8. A legal layman who argues points of law.
    broadly
  9. a person whose profession is to represent clients in a court of law or to advise or act for them in other legal matters.
  10. The burbot.
    UK, colloquial
  11. A person who practices law:attorney, counsel, counselor.
  12. The stem of a bramble.
    UK, dialectal
  13. wettiglik قانونيا законно legalmente zákonitě gesetzmäßig lovligt νόμιμαlegalmente seaduslikult قانونمندانه laillisesti légalement לְפִי הַחוֹק वैधता zakonito törvényesen secara sah löglega legalmente 合法的に 합법적으로 teisėtai, įstatymais nustatyta tvarka likumīgi dari segi undang-undang volgens de wet lov-/rettmessig legalnie په قانونى توګه legalmente legal законно zákonite zakonito zakonito lagligt ถูกกฏหมาย yasal olarak 依法的,合法地 законно حسب قواعد một cách đúng luật 依法地,合法地
  14. Any of various plants that have hooked thorns.
  15. A relative of the raspberry found in Australia and New Zealand, Rubus australis
  16. paying no attention to, and not keeping, the law. In its early days, the American West was full of lawless men. wetteloos, losbandig خارِج على القانون беззаконен sem lei bez zákona gesetzlos lovløs άνομος, παράνομος sin ley seadusega pahuksis قانون شکن laeista piittaamaton sans loi לֹא לִפי הַחוֹק अराजक, विधिहीन bezakonit törvényellenes; vad tak patuh atau ingkar hukum ólöglegur senza legge 無法の 법률에 어긋나는 nepaisantis, nesilaikantis įstatymų nelikumīgs; neatļauts tidak mematuhi undang-undang wet...
  17. Various species of Calamus, including Calamus australis, Calamus muelleri, Calamus obstruens, Calamus vitiensis, Calamus warburgii, and Calamus moti.
  18. wetteloosheid, losbandigheid بصورة غَيْر قانونيَّه беззаконно ilegalmente ilegálně gesetzlos lovløst παράνομαilegalmente seadusevastaselt با قانون شکنی laittomasti d'une manière illégale בְּנִיגוּד לַחוֹק अव्यवस्था, अराजक्ता bezakonito törvényellenesen secara liar ólöglega illegalmente 無法に 비합법적으로 nepaisant, nesilaikant įstatymų nelikumīgi tanpa mematuhi undang-undang wettelooslovløstbezprawnie په بى قانونى ilegalmente (într-un mod) ilegal непокорно;незаконно ilegálne nezakonito nezakonito lag...
  19. A woody climbing rainforest vine, Flagellaria indica.
  20. wetteloosheid عَدَم قانونيَّه، خُروج على القانون беззаконие ilegalidade nezákonnost die Gesetzlosigkeit lovløshed ανομίαilegalidad seadusetus بی قانونی laittomuus illégalitéהפקרות अव्यवस्था, अराजक्ता bezakonje jogtalanság, törvényellenesség keliaran lögleysa illegalità 無法 무법 įstatymų nepaisymas, nesilaikymas nelikumība tidak patuh kepada undang-undang wetteloosheidlovløshet bezprawie نا قانونى،د قانون نه شتونوالى ilegalidade ilegalitate; nelegiuire правонарушения nezákonnosť nezakonitost neza...
  21. a person whose work it is to know about and give advice and help to others concerning the law. If you want to make your will, consult a lawyer. regsgeleerde مُحامٍ адвокат advogado advokát, -ka der Anwalt sagfører; jurist δικηγόροςabogado jurist, advokaat وکیل asianajaja avocat/-ate עוֹרֵך-דִין वकील odvjetnik, advokat jogász, ügyvéd pengacara lögfræðingur avvocato 弁護士 변호사 teisininkas, advokatas jurists; advokāts; juriskonsults peguam advocaatadvokat, juristprawnik وكيل advogado avocat юрист a...
  22. obeying the law. a law- abiding citizen. wetsgehoorsaam مُطيع للقانون изпълнителен cumpridor das leis dbalý zákonů gesetzestreu lovlydig νομοταγής respetuoso de la ley seaduskuulekas مطیع قانون lainkuuliainen respectueux des lois שוֹמֵר חוֹק क़ानून का पाबंद या मानने वाला, शांतिप्रिय koji se pridržava zakona törvénytisztelő mematuhi hukum löghlÿðinn rispettoso della legge 法に従う 준법적인 įstatymus gerbiantis likumus ievērojošs patuh pada undang-undang gezagsgetrouwlovlydig prawomyślny, praworządny د...
  23. a place where people accused of crimes are tried and legal disagreements between people are judged. geregsaal دار القَضاء أو العَدْل съд tribunal soudní dvůr der Gerichtshof ret; domstol δικαστήριο tribunal de justicia kohus دادگاه tuomioistuin cour de justice בֵּית מִשפָּט कचहरी, न्यायालय sud bíróság pengadilan réttur, dómstóll tribunale 法廷 법정 teismas tiesa mahkamah undang-undang rechtbank, gerechtshofdomstol, rettensąd محكمه tribunal curte de justiţie суд súdny dvor sodišče sudnica domstol ...

Equivalents

አማርኛ ጠበቃ
Azərbaycanca advokat hüquqşünas vəkil
Беларуская адвакат юрыст
বাংলা উকিল
བོད་སྐད ཁྲིམས་རྩོད་པ
Català advocada advocat
Cymraeg cyfreithiwr
Ελληνικά δικηγόρος
Esperanto advokato
Eesti advokaat
Gaeilge dlíodóir
ગુજરાતી વકીલ
हिन्दी वकील
Magyar jogász ügyvéd
Bahasa Indonesia pengacara
Íslenska lögfræðingur
Italiano avvocatessa avvocato giurista legale
日本語 弁護士 法曹
한국어 변호사
Kurdî avûkat
Lietuvių advokatas
Latviešu advokāts
Монгол хуульч
Bahasa Melayu loyar peguam
Malti avukat
မြန်မာဘာသာ ရှေ့နေ
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਵਕੀਲ
Português advogada advogado
Română avocat avocata jurist jurista
Slovenčina advokát advokátka
Slovenščina odvetnik
Shqip avokat
Svenska advokat jurist
Kiswahili wakili
Тоҷикӣ ҳуқуқшинос
Tagalog abogado
Türkçe avukat
ئۇيغۇرچە ئادۋوكات
Українська адвока́т юрист
Oʻzbekcha huquqshunos
Tiếng Việt luật sư

Examples

“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”
“The species of Eugnomus are very partial to the lawyer (Rubus australis ) when in bloom.”
“In the lawyer (Rubus australis) a considerable differentiation has taken place. All the alllies of this plant (such as the true roses, brambles, rasps, &c.), exhibit a strong development of epidermal structures in the form of hooks, spines, or hairs, but in none are these structures so perfect as in our lawyer.”
“A plant that is excessively troublesome in the localities where the native vegetation has been least disturbed is the “lawyer” (Rubus australis).”
“Besides the bags and nets common throughout the continent, these tribes have water-bags, which they make of closely-plaited “lawyer” (Calamus Australis), and also of palm-leaf sewn with the sinews of animals.”
“The nest was a foot or two from the ground, and placed in a bunch of lawyer (Calamus ) canes.”
“This lawyer (Calamus australis) is a climbing palm, throwing up shoots from its roots as thick as a man's finger and tough as wire, covered with sharp spines, and bearing much divided leaves, alternating with tendrils twenty feel long.”
“They were usually very neatly laid out under arching masses of the exasperating lawyer-palm vines ( Calamus moti and C. australis ), and consequently not too easy to examine.”
“Lawyer Vine (Calamus muelleri), also known as Hairy Mary and Wait-a-while, is actually a palm, that grows in long canes that loop and snake through the undergrowth.”
“The trail of the lawyer vine (CALAMUS OBSTRUENS), with its leaf sheath and long tentacles bristling with incurved hooks, is over it all.”
“The stems of the "lawyer vine" (Flagellaria indica), buz or buzi (W.), boz (E.), are used in house-building, tying fences, etc.”

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