lawyer
noun
a person whose profession is to represent clients in a court of law or to advise or act for clients in other legal matters.
lawyers
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pluralof lawyer.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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TikTok and YouTube were also named as defendants in the case, but both had already reached settlements with the plaintiffs, known by their initials SJ and KDB, their lawyers said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026
Mazari and Chattha are prominent human rights lawyers who have represented activists, journalists and marginalised communities subjected to enforced disappearances.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel, a Democrat, said lawyers from her department have drafted briefs “for virtually every set of circumstances we could think of, except the zombie apocalypse.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
That night, about 50 of the firm’s lawyers gathered on the Midtown rooftop bar Le Jardin for what was supposed to be a welcome party for the first-year associates of the New York finance group.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
Meanwhile, talks continued between Bobby’s lawyers, Paul Marshall and Andrew Davis, and the Icelandic Chess Federation concerning the matter of the gate receipts.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
