lawyer
English
/ˈlɔːjə(ɹ)/, /ˈlɔɪ.ɚ/, /ˈlɔ.jɚ/
noun
Definitions
- A professional person qualified (as by a law degree or bar exam) and authorized to practice law, i.e. represent parties in lawsuits or trials and give legal advice.
- (by extension) A legal layman who argues points of law.
- (UK) The burbot.
- (UK) The stem of a bramble.
- Any of various plants.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English lawier suffix from English law (low).
Origin
English
law
Gloss
low
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Other
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- BigLaw English
- Eurolaw English
- Westlaw English
- Zipf's law English
- antilawyer English
- astrolaw English
- ball English
- brethren-in-law English
- cyberlaw English
- cyberlawyer English
- e-law English
- law English
- law enforcement English
- lawbook English
- lawbot English
- lawbreaker English
- lawbreaking English
- lawcode English
- lawful English
- lawgiver English
- lawgiving English
- lawing English
- lawless English
- lawlike English
- lawly English
- lawmaker English
- lawmaking English
- lawman English
- lawmonger English
- lawsome English
- lawspeaker English
- lawsuit English
- lawyerball English
- lawyerdom English
- lawyerese English
- lawyeress English
- lawyerless English
- lawyerlike English
- lawyerliness English
- lawyerly English
- lawyerspeak English
- metalaw English
- neurolaw English
- neurolawyer English
- nonlaw English
- nonlawyer English
- outlaw English
- outlawyer English
- powerlaw English
- prelaw English
- pseudolaw English
- robolawyer English
- scofflaw English
- sublaw English
- superlawyer English
- unlaw English
- unlawyerly English
- lawe Middle English
- lawier Middle English
- lagh Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- לויער Yiddish
- lo Tok Pisin
- loya Tok Pisin
- lauya Hausa
- law
- ball
- unlaw
- e-law
- lawly
- sublaw
- outlaw
- lawful
- lawing
- BigLaw
- lawman
- lawbot
- nonlaw
- prelaw
- lawless
- lawcode
- metalaw
- lawsuit
- Eurolaw
- lawbook
- lawlike
- lawsome
- Westlaw
- lawmaker
- lawgiver
- neurolaw
- lawyerly
- cyberlaw
- astrolaw
- powerlaw
- scofflaw
- nonlawyer
- outlawyer
- lawmonger
- lawyerese
- lawyeress
- lawgiving
- lawmaking
- pseudolaw
- lawyerdom
- robolawyer
- lawbreaker
- antilawyer
- lawspeaker
- unlawyerly
- lawyerless
- Zipf's law
- lawyerball
- lawyerlike
- cyberlawyer
- neurolawyer
- lawyerspeak
- lawbreaking
- superlawyer
- lawyerliness
- brethren-in-law
- law enforcement