lawyer

lawyer
   Lawyer is not normally used as a professional title in standard English, but the city attorney in The Liberation of Lord Byron Jones, by Jesse Hill Ford, is always referred to by the townspeople as ‘Lawyer Hedgepath’, and addressed in that way by many of them. This creation of a title is understandable for a man who clearly occupies an important professional position in the community, but has no accepted form of address which can be used in the same way as ‘Doctor’ or ‘Reverend’. Another lawyer in the book mentioned above is also addressed as ‘Lawyer’ + last name, and one speaker says: ‘Could you find out about the man they caught, Lawyer?’ In The Middle Man, by David Chandler, a prostitute says: ‘This is my career theyre tearing apart, Mr Lawyer,’ showing a noncename alternative where no true title exists.

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  • lawyer — law‧yer [ˈlɔːjə ǁ ˈlɒːjər] noun [countable] LAW someone whose job is to give legal advice, write formal agreements, and represent people in courts compare barrister, solicitor * * * lawyer UK US /ˈlɔɪər/ noun [C] (US also …   Financial and business terms

  • Lawyer — law·yer / lȯ yər/ n: one whose profession is to advise clients as to legal rights and obligations and to represent clients in legal proceedings Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. lawyer …   Law dictionary

  • lawyer — law·yer / lȯ yər/ n: one whose profession is to advise clients as to legal rights and obligations and to represent clients in legal proceedings Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. lawyer …   Law dictionary

  • lawyer — lawyer, counselor, barrister, counsel, advocate, attorney, solicitor Lawyer is the general term designating a person versed in the principles of law and authorized to practice law in the courts or to serve clients in the capacity of legal agent… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • lawyer — [lô′yər] n. [ME lawyere: see LAW & IER] a person who has been trained in the law, esp. one whose profession is advising others in matters of law or representing them in lawsuits vi. to work as a lawyer lawyerly adj. SYN. LAWYER is the general… …   English World dictionary

  • Lawyer — Law yer, n. [From {Law}, like bowyer, fr. bow.] 1. One versed in the laws, or a practitioner of law; one whose profession is to conduct lawsuits for clients, or to advise as to prosecution or defence of lawsuits, or as to legal rights and… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Lawyer — (engl., spr. laojer, von law, »Gesetz, Recht«), Rechtskundiger, namentlich Sachwalter, Advokat …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Lawyer — (engl., spr. lahjĕr), Sachwalter, Rechtsanwalt …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • lawyer — late 14c. (mid 14c. as a surname), from M.E. lawe law (see LAW (Cf. law)) + iere. Spelling with y first attested 1610s (see YER (Cf. yer)) …   Etymology dictionary

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