lawyers

noun

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.

A professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work (such as Juris Doctor)

(by extension) A legal layman who argues points of law.

(UK, colloquial) The burbot.

(UK, dialect) The stem of a bramble.

Any of various plants that have hooked thorns.

A relative of the raspberry found in Australia and New Zealand, Rubus australis

Various species of Calamus, including Calamus australis, Calamus muelleri, Calamus obstruens, Calamus vitiensis, Calamus warburgii, and Calamus moti.

A woody climbing rainforest vine, Flagellaria indica.

A male given name.

verb

(informal, intransitive) To practice law.

(intransitive) To perform, or attempt to perform, the work of a lawyer.

(intransitive) To make legalistic arguments.

(informal, transitive) To barrage (a person) with questions in order to get them to admit something.

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