pleader
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Noun (1)
- a lawyer who pleads cases in courtSynonyms: advocatecounselcounselorcounsellorcounselor-at-lawType of lawyer, attorney
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Plead′er noun
Origin: F. plaideur.
1. One who pleads; one who argues for or against; an advotate.
So fair a pleader any cause may gain.— John Dryden
2. Law One who draws up or forms pleas; the draughtsman of pleas or pleadings in the widest sense; as, a special pleader.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54