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PLEADER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pleader mean?
• PLEADER (noun)
The noun PLEADER has 1 sense:
1. a lawyer who pleads cases in court
Familiarity information: PLEADER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A lawyer who pleads cases in court
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
advocate; counsel; counsellor; counselor; counselor-at-law; pleader
Hypernyms ("pleader" is a kind of...):
attorney; lawyer (a professional person authorized to practice law; conducts lawsuits or gives legal advice)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
Derivation:
plead (make an allegation in an action or other legal proceeding, especially answer the previous pleading of the other party by denying facts therein stated or by alleging new facts)
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