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pleader

American  
[plee-der] / ˈpli dər /

noun

  1. a person who pleads, especially at law.


Etymology

Origin of pleader

1225–75; Middle English pleder, plaidour; see plead, -er 1

Example Sentences

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Snapped Pleader Martin: "You'll never know who got them, now."

From Time Magazine Archive

A Pleader in the West There is something in this country which enables its people, for all their illiteracy and backwardness, to rise to the occasion when face to face with mighty challenges.

From Time Magazine Archive

I got over safely, my noble Pleader proving himself, as usual, worthy of my confidence.

From Ladies on Horseback Learning, Park-Riding, and Hunting, with Hints upon Costume, and Numerous Anecdotes by Lambert, Nannie

Your friend, Pleader Carr—or whatever he calls himself—must be as thin-skinned as you are, Val, to fancy that a rubbishing action of that sort, brought against a husband, can reflect disgrace on the wife!

From Elster's Folly by Wood, Henry, Mrs.

A great Pleader is truly a great Artist, and more imaginative than any other. 

From The Humourous Story of Farmer Bumpkin's Lawsuit by Harris, Richard

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