n. | 1. | One versed in the laws, or a practitioner of law; one whose profession is to conduct lawsuits for clients, or to advise as to prosecution or defence of lawsuits, or as to legal rights and obligations in other matters. It is a general term, comprehending attorneys, counselors, solicitors, barristers, sergeants, and advocates. | |||
2. | (Zool.) The black-necked stilt. See Stilt.
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Noun | 1. | ![]() Synonyms: attorney |
LAWYER. A counselor; one learned in the law. Vide attorney.
To dream that you are a lawyer, denotes that you will be successful in your chosen profession. To dream that you are in any way associated with a lawyer, signifies that you will find yourself in the midst of a scandal leading to mortifying criticism.Abraham Lincoln, Abul-Walid Mohammed ibn-Ahmad Ibn-Mohammed ibn-Roshd, advocate, ambulance chaser, Arthur Garfield Hays, attorney, attorney-client relation, Averroes, barrister, Bryan, Clarence Darrow, Clarence Seward Darrow, conveyancer, counsel, counsellor, counselor, counselor-at-law, Darrow, defense attorney, defense lawyer, divorce lawyer, Francis Scott Key, Hays, Hoover, ibn-Roshd, J. Edgar Hoover, John Edgar Hoover, jurisprudence, Key, law, lawyer-client relation, Lincoln, pleader, President Abraham Lincoln, President Lincoln, professional, professional person, prosecuting attorney, prosecuting officer, prosecutor, public defender, public prosecutor, referee, solicitor, The Boy Orator of the Platte, the Great Commoner, trial attorney, trial lawyer, Will Hays, William Harrison Hays, William Jennings Bryan