English Dictionary

lawyer

/ˈlɔːjə(ɹ)/

noun

A professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work (such as Juris Doctor)

The lawyer presented a strong case in court.

意味（1）

A professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work (such as Juris Doctor)

意味（2）

A professional person qualified (as by a law degree or bar exam) and authorized to practice law as an attorney-at-law, solicitor, advocate, barrister or equivalent, i.e. represent parties in lawsuits or trials and give legal advice.

His forefathers had been, as a rule, professional men—physicians and lawyers; his grandfather died under the walls of Chapultepec Castle while twisting a tourniquet for a cursing dragoon; an uncle remained indefinitely at Malvern Hill;[…].

意味（3）

(by extension) A legal layman who argues points of law.

意味（4）

(UK, colloquial) The burbot.

意味（5）

(UK, dialect, botany) The stem of a bramble.

意味（6）

A relative of the raspberry found in Australia and New Zealand, Rubus australis

The species of Eugnomus are very partial to the lawyer (Rubus australis ) when in bloom.

意味（7）

Various species of Calamus, including Calamus australis, Calamus muelleri, Calamus obstruens, Calamus vitiensis, Calamus warburgii, and Calamus moti.

Besides the bags and nets common throughout the continent, these tribes have water-bags, which they make of closely-plaited “lawyer” (Calamus Australis), and also of palm-leaf sewn with the sinews of animals.

意味（8）

A woody climbing rainforest vine, Flagellaria indica.

The stems of the lawyer vine (Flagellaria indica), buz or buzi (W.), boz (E.), are used in house-building, tying fences, etc.