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PARALEGAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does paralegal mean?
• PARALEGAL (noun)
The noun PARALEGAL has 1 sense:
1. a person with specialized training who assists lawyers
Familiarity information: PARALEGAL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person with specialized training who assists lawyers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
legal assistant; paralegal
Hypernyms ("paralegal" is a kind of...):
paraprofessional (a trained worker who is not a member of a profession but who assists a professional)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
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