counselor-at-law

counselor-at-law
noun
a lawyer who pleads cases in court
Syn: ↑advocate, ↑counsel, ↑counselor, ↑counsellor, ↑pleader
Derivationally related forms: ↑plead (for: ↑pleader), ↑counsellorship (for: ↑counsellor), ↑counselorship (for: ↑counselor), ↑counsel (for: ↑counsel)
Topics: ↑law, ↑jurisprudence
Hypernyms: ↑lawyer, ↑attorney

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\\| ̷ ̷( ̷ ̷) ̷ ̷(ˌ) ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷\ noun (plural counselors-at-law)

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/kown"seuh leuhr euht law"/, n., pl. counselors-at-law.
counselor (def. 4).
[1875-80]

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