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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person supporting an idea or cause publicly |
| Synonyms: | apostle, attorney, backer, campaigner, champion, counsel, defender, exponent, expounder, lawyer, pleader, promoter, proponent, proposer, speaker, spokesperson, supporter, upholder |
| Antonyms: | antagonist, assailant, enemy, opposition, protestor |
| Main Entry: | counselor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | legal representative; adviser |
| Synonyms: | advocate, ambulance chaser, attorney, counsel, front*, guide, instructor, legal beagle, legal eagle, lip, mentor, mouthpiece, pleader, solicitor, squeal, teacher* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | devil's advocate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mediator |
| Synonyms: | apologist, pleader, polemicist, sophist |
| Main Entry: | lawyer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is trained to counsel or argue in cases of law |
| Synonyms: | advocate, attorney, attorney-at-law, barrister, counsel, counsellor, counselor, defender, jurisprudent, jurist, legal adviser, legal eagle, legist, member of the bar, mouthpiece, pleader, practitioner, proctor, procurator, solicitor |
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| Concept: | Lawyer. |
| Category: | 5. Institutions |
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lawyer, attorney; counsel, counsellor; jurist, legist, civilisan, pundit, publicist, juris consult, legal adviser, advocate; barrister, barrister at law; King's or Queen's counsel; K.C.; Q.C.; silk gown, leader, sergeant-at-law, bencher; tubman, judge., bar, legal profession; gentleman of the long robe; junior bar, outer bar, inner bar; equity draftsman, conveyancer, pleader, special pleader., solicitor, proctor; notary, notary public; scrivener, cursitor; writer, writer to the signet; S.S.C.; limb of the law; pettifogger; vakil.
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