pleader
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of pleader
Example Sentences
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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
Snapped Pleader Martin: "You'll never know who got them, now."
From Time Magazine Archive
Holy Ghost, our Interceder, Blessed Comforter and Pleader With the Lord for all we need, Deign to hold with us communion That with Thee in blessed union We may in our life succeed.
From Hymns and Hymnwriters of Denmark by Aaberg, J. C. (Jens Christian)
Messala, who was something younger than myself, was far from being a poor and an abject Pleader, and yet he was not a very embellished one.
From Cicero's Brutus or History of Famous Orators; also His Orator, or Accomplished Speaker. by Jones, E.
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.
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