name
Meaning 1
A male given name.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
lawyer
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈlɔːjə(ɹ)/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈlɔɪ.ə(ɹ)/
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Northern, US, Western: /ˈlɔɪ.ɚ/
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Southern, US: /ˈlɔ.jɚ/
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/ˈlɔɪ.əɹ/ Dublin
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/ˈlɔɪ.ɐ/ Dublin
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South-Asia: /ˈlɔjə(ɾ)/
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South-Asia: /ˈlɑjə(ɾ)/ father-bother merger
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rhymes with -ɔɪ.ə(ɹ)
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rhymes with -ɔː.jə(ɹ)
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rhymes with -ɔɪə(ɹ)
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CMU ARPABET: L AO1 Y ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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CMU ARPABET 2: L OY1 ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work (such as Juris Doctor)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- A lawyer's time and advice are his stock in trade. [one of various versions of an aphorism in law]
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: advocate, attorney, counselor
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
A legal layman who argues points of law.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
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noun
Meaning 5
The burbot.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, colloquial
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noun
Meaning 6
The stem of a bramble.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, dialectal
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noun
Meaning 7
Any of various plants that have hooked thorns.
A relative of the raspberry found in Australia and New Zealand, Rubus australis
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 8
Any of various plants that have hooked thorns.
Various species of Calamus, including Calamus australis, Calamus muelleri, Calamus obstruens, Calamus vitiensis, Calamus warburgii, and Calamus moti.
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noun
Meaning 9
Any of various plants that have hooked thorns.
A woody climbing rainforest vine, Flagellaria indica.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
Meaning 10
To practice law.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal, intransitive
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verb
Meaning 11
To perform, or attempt to perform, the work of a lawyer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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verb
Meaning 12
To make legalistic arguments.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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verb
Meaning 13
To barrage (a person) with questions in order to get them to admit something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal, transitive
Examples
- You've been lawyered!
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 14
a professional person authorized to practice law; conducts lawsuits or gives legal advice
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: attorney
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: professional, professional person
Narrower terms: advocate, counsel, counselor, counsellor, counselor-at-law, pleader, ambulance chaser, barrister, conveyancer, defense attorney, defense lawyer, divorce lawyer, prosecutor, public prosecutor, prosecuting officer, prosecuting attorney, public defender, referee, solicitor, trial attorney, trial lawyer, Averroes, ibn-Roshd, Abul-Walid Mohammed ibn-Ahmad Ibn-Mohammed ibn-Roshd, Bryan, William Jennings Bryan, Great Commoner, Boy Orator of the Platte, Darrow, Clarence Darrow, Clarence Seward Darrow, Hays, Arthur Garfield Hays, Will Hays, William Harrison Hays, Hoover, J. Edgar Hoover, John Edgar Hoover, Key, Francis Scott Key, Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln, President Lincoln, President Abraham Lincoln
History
Etymology
From Middle English lawiere, lawier, lawer, equivalent to law + -yer.
Across languages
Translations
280 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: regsgeleerde — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Afrikaans: prokureur — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Afrikaans: advokaat — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Albanian: avokat — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Amharic: ነገረፈጅ (nägäräfäǧ) — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Amharic: ጠበቃ (ṭäbäḳa) — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Arabic: مُحَامٍ (muḥāmin) — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Arabic: مُحَامِيَة (muḥāmiya) — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Arabic: محامي (muḥāmi) — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Arabic: محامي (muḥāmi) — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܣܢܹܐܓ݂ܪܵܐ (snēḡrā) — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܣܢܹܐܓ݂ܲܪܬܵܐ (snēḡartā) — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܢܘܿܡܝܼܩܵܐ (nomiqā) — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Armenian: փաստաբան (pʻastaban) — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Armenian: իրավաբան (iravaban) — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Assamese: উকিল (ukil) — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Asturian: abogáu — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Azerbaijani: vəkil — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Azerbaijani: hüquqşünas — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Azerbaijani: advokat — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Belarusian: юры́ст (jurýst) — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Belarusian: юры́стка (jurýstka) — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Belarusian: адвака́т (advakát) — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Belarusian: адвака́тка (advakátka) — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Bengali: উকিল (ukil) — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Bengali: আইনজীবি (ainjibi) — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Breton: breutaer — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Bulgarian: юри́ст (juríst) — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Bulgarian: юри́стка (jurístka) — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Bulgarian: адвока́т (advokát) — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Bulgarian: адвока́тка (advokátka) — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Burmese: ရှေ့နေ (hre.ne) — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Catalan: advocat — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Catalan: advocada — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Chechen: юрист (jurist) — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Chechen: адвокат (adwokat) — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Cherokee: ᏗᏘᏲᎯᎯ (ditiyohihi) — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Chinese Cantonese: 律師 /律师 (leot6 si1) — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Eastern Min Chinese: 律師 /律师 (lŭk-sṳ̆) — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Gan Chinese: 律師 /律师 — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Hakka Chinese: 律師 /律师 (li̍t-sṳ̂) — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Chinese: 律師 /律师 (zh-min-nan) — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Chinese: 辯護士 /辩护士 (piān-hō͘-sū) — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Jin Chinese: 律師 /律师 (lyeh4 si1) — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Chinese Mandarin: 律師 /律师 (lǜshī) — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Northern Min Chinese: 律師 /律师 (lṳ̆-sú) — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Wu Chinese: 律師 /律师 — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Xiang Chinese: 律師 /律师 (li6 sr1) — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Crimean Tatar: advokat — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Crimean Tatar: abulqat — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Czech: právník — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Czech: právnička — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Czech: advokát — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Czech: advokátka — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Czech: jurista — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Czech: juristka — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Danish: jurist — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Danish: advokat — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Danish: sagfører — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Dutch: jurist — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Dutch: juriste — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Dutch: raadsman — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Dutch: raadsvrouw — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Dutch: advocaat — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Dutch: advocate — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Esperanto: advokato — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Esperanto: advokatino — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Estonian: jurist — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Estonian: advokaat — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Faroese: sakførari — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Finnish: asianajaja — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Finnish: juristi — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Finnish: lakimies — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- French: juriste — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- French: homme de loi — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- French: femme de loi — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- French: avocat — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- French: avocate — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Galician: avogado — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Galician: avogada — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Galician: vogado — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Galician: vogada — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Galician: leterado — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Galician: leterada — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Galician: voceiro — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Galician: voceira — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Georgian: ადვოკატი (advoḳaṭi) — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Georgian: იურისტი (iurisṭi) — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- German: Rechtsanwalt — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- German: Rechtsanwältin — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- German: Anwalt — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- German: Anwältin — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Gothic: 𐍅𐌹𐍄𐍉𐌳𐌰𐍆𐌰𐍃𐍄𐌴𐌹𐍃 (witōdafasteis) — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Greek: δικηγόρος (dikigóros) — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Ancient Greek: δικήγορος (dikḗgoros) — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Ancient Greek: πρόδικος (pródikos) — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Gujarati: વકીલ (vakīl) — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Hebrew: עוֹרֵךְ דִּין (orékh-dín) — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Hebrew: עוֹרֶכֶת דִּין (orékhet-dín) — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Hebrew: פְּרַקְלִיט (praklít) — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Hebrew: פְּרַקְלִיטָה (praklíta) — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Hindi: वकील (vakīl) — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Hungarian: jogász — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Icelandic: lögfræðingur — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Icelandic: lögmaður — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Icelandic: júristi — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Ido: advokato — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Indonesian: pengacara — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Interlingua: advocato — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Irish: dlíodóir — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Italian: avvocato — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Italian: avvocatessa — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Italian: legale — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Japanese: 弁護士 (bengoshi) — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Japanese: 法曹 (hōsō) — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Jeju: 벤호사 (benhosa) — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Kabuverdianu: adivogádu — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Kannada: ವಕೀಲ (vakīla) — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Karachay-Balkar: ёкюл (ökül) — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Kazakh: адвокат (advokat) — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Kazakh: қорғаушы (qorğauşy) — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Kazakh: заңгер (zañger) — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Khmer: មេធាវី (meithiəvii) — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Khmer: អាវ៉ូកាត៍ (ʼaavoukaa) — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Korean: 변호사 (byeonhosa) — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Central Kurdish: پارێزەر (parêzer) — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Northern Kurdish: parêzer — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Kyrgyz: юрист (yurist) — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Kyrgyz: адвокат (advokat) — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Ladin: aucat — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Lao: ນັກກົດຫມາຍ (nak kot māi) — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Latin: causidicus — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Latin: cognitor — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Latin: lēgisperītus — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Latvian: jurists — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Latvian: advokāts — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Lithuanian: advokatas — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Lithuanian: juristas — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Macedonian: правник (pravnik) — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Macedonian: правничка (pravnička) — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Macedonian: адвока́т (advokát) — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Macedonian: адвока́тка (advokátka) — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Malagasy: mpisolovava — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Malay: peguam — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Malay: loyar — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Malay: muhami — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Malayalam: അഭിഭാഷകന് (abhibhāṣakanŭ) — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Malayalam: വക്കീല് (vakkīlŭ) — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Maltese: avukat — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Māori: rōia — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Marathi: वकील (vakīl) — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Middle English: lawiere — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Mirandese: abogado — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Mirandese: abogada — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Mongolian: өмгөөлөгч (ömgöölögč) — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Mongolian: хуульч (xuulʹč) — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Navajo: aghaʼdiitʼaahii — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Norwegian Bokmål: advokat — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Norwegian Bokmål: jurist — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Norwegian Bokmål: sakfører — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Norwegian Nynorsk: advokat — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Norwegian Nynorsk: jurist — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Norwegian Nynorsk: sakførar — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Occitan: avocat — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Occitan: avocata — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Occitan: avocairitz — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Ojibwe: giigidoowinini — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Ojibwe: dibaakonigewinini — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Palauan: chad er a llach — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Pashto: قانوندان (qānundān) — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Pashto: قانونپوه (qānunpoh) — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Persian: وَکِیل (wakīl) — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Iranian Persian: وَکیل (vakil) — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Iranian Persian: حُقوقدان (hoġuġ-dân) — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Iranian Persian: حُقوقشِناس (hoġuġ-šenâs) — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Plautdietsch: Aunwault — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Plautdietsch: Ofkot — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Polish: adwokat — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Polish: adwokatka — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Polish: prawnik — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Polish: prawniczka — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Polish: radca — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Polish: radczyni — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Portuguese: advogado — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Portuguese: advogada — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Punjabi: ਵਕੀਲ (vakīl) — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Quechua: amachaq — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Romanian: avocat — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Romanian: avocată — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Romanian: jurist — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Romanian: juristă — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Russian: юри́ст (juríst) — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Russian: юри́стка (jurístka) — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Russian: адвока́т (advokát) — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Skolt-Sami: juri ́stt — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Scottish Gaelic: neach-lagha — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Serbo-Croatian: пра̑внӣк — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Serbo-Croatian: пра̑вница — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Serbo-Croatian: адво̀ка̄т — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Serbo-Croatian: адвока̀тица — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Serbo-Croatian: о̀двјетнӣк — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Serbo-Croatian: о̀двјетница — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Serbo-Croatian: prȃvnīk — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Serbo-Croatian: prȃvnica — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Serbo-Croatian: advòkāt — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Serbo-Croatian: advokàtica — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Serbo-Croatian: òdvjetnīk — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Serbo-Croatian: òdvjetnica — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Sicilian: abbucatu — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Sicilian: abbucata — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Sinhalese: නීතිඥයා (nītignayā) — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Slovak: právnik — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Slovak: právnička — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Slovak: advokát — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Slovak: advokátka — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Slovak: jurista — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Slovak: juristka — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Slovene: odvetnik — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Slovene: odvetnica — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Slovene: advokat — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Slovene: advokatka — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Lower Sorbian: pšawiznik — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Lower Sorbian: rěcnik — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Spanish: abogado — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Spanish: abogada — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Spanish: letrado — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Spanish: notario — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Swahili: wakili — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Swedish: advokat — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Swedish: jurist — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Tagalog: mananaggol — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Tagalog: abogado — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Tajik: ҳуқуқшинос (huquqšinos) — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Tajik: адвокат (advokat) — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Tajik: юрист (yurist) — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Tajik: ҳуқуқдон (huquqdon) — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Tamil: வழக்கறிஞர் (vaḻakkaṟiñar) — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Telugu: న్యాయవాది (nyāyavādi) — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Telugu: వకీలు (vakīlu) — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Telugu: ప్లీడరు (plīḍaru) — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Thai: ทนายความ (tá-naai-kwaam) — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Thai: ทนาย (tá-naai) — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Thai: นักกฎหมาย (nák-gòt-mǎai) — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Tibetan: ཁྲིམས་རྩོད་པ (khrims rtsod pa) — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Tigrinya: ጠበቃ (ṭäbäḳa) — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Tok Pisin: loman — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Tok Pisin: loya — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Turkish: avukat — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Turkmen: ýurist — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Turkmen: hukukçy — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Turkmen: adwokat — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Ukrainian: юри́ст (jurýst) — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Ukrainian: юри́стка (jurýstka) — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Ukrainian: адвока́т (advokát) — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Ukrainian: адвока́тка (advokátka) — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Unami: lòyès — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Urdu: وَکِیل (vakīl) — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Urdu: قانُون دان (qānūn dān) — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Uyghur: ئادۋۇكات (adwukat) — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Uyghur: ئادۋوكات (adwokat) — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Uzbek: advokat — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Uzbek: huquqshunos — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Uzbek: yurist — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Vietnamese: luật sư — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Volapük: lavogan — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Welsh: cyfreithiwr — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Yiddish: אַדוואָקאַט (advokat) — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Yiddish: לויער (loyer) — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Yoruba: agbẹjọ́rò — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Yoruba: lọ́yà — professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work
- Hungarian: ügyvéd — 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
- Dutch: (juridisch) raadsman — layman who argues points of law
- Italian: giurista — layman who argues points of law
- Latin: iurisconsultus — layman who argues points of law
- Sicilian: jurista — layman who argues points of law
- Spanish: leguleyo — layman who argues points of law
- Spanish: abogado de secano — layman who argues points of law
- Spanish: tinterillo — layman who argues points of law
- Spanish: rábula — layman who argues points of law
- Polish: adwokatować — to practice law
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