attorney
English Thesaurus
1. a professional person authorized to practice law; conducts lawsuits or gives legal advice (noun.person)
hyponym | : | ambulance chaser, |
definition | : | an unethical lawyer who incites accident victims to sue (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | barrister, |
definition | : | a British or Canadian lawyer who speaks in the higher courts of law on behalf of either the defense or prosecution (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | conveyancer, |
definition | : | a lawyer who specializes in the business of conveying properties (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | divorce lawyer, |
definition | : | a lawyer specializing in actions for divorce or annulment (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | public defender, |
definition | : | a lawyer who represents indigent defendants at public expense (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | referee, |
definition | : | an attorney appointed by a court to investigate and report on a case (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | solicitor, |
definition | : | a British lawyer who gives legal advice and prepares legal documents (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | trial attorney, trial lawyer, |
definition | : | a lawyer who specializes in defending clients before a court of law (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | arthur garfield hays, hays, |
definition | : | United States lawyer involved in several famous court trials (1881-1954) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | hays, will hays, william harrison hays, |
definition | : | United States lawyer and politician who formulated a production code that prescribed the moral content of United States films from 1930 to 1966 (1879-1954) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | francis scott key, key, |
definition | : | United States lawyer and poet who wrote a poem after witnessing the British attack on Baltimore during the War of 1812; the poem was later set to music and entitled `The Star-Spangled Banner' (1779-1843) (noun.person) |
domain category | : | jurisprudence, law, |
definition | : | the collection of rules imposed by authority (noun.group) |
derivation | : | attorneyship, |
definition | : | the position of attorney (noun.act) |
derivation | : | law, practice of law, |
definition | : | the learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system (noun.act) |
derivation | : | attorneyship, |
definition | : | the position of attorney (noun.act) |
derivation | : | law, practice of law, |
definition | : | the learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system (noun.act) |
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