lawyer (n)
attorney (n)

n10249950

type n
lex_filenum 18
def a professional person authorized to practice law
def conducts lawsuits or gives legal advice
Outgoing links
Hypernym professional, professional person
Member holonym lawyer-client relation, attorney-client relation
Domain of synset - TOPIC law, jurisprudence
Derivationally related form attorney → attorneyship
Derivationally related form lawyer → law
Hyponym advocate, counsel, counselor, counsellor, counselor-at-law, pleader; ambulance chaser; barrister; conveyancer; defense attorney, defense lawyer; divorce lawyer; prosecutor, public prosecutor, prosecuting officer, prosecuting attorney; public defender; referee; solicitor; trial attorney, trial lawyer
Instance Hyponym Averroes, ibn-Roshd, Abul-Walid Mohammed ibn-Ahmad Ibn-Mohammed ibn-Roshd; Bryan, William Jennings Bryan, Great Commoner, Boy Orator of the Platte; Darrow, Clarence Darrow, Clarence Seward Darrow; Hays, Arthur Garfield Hays; Hays, Will Hays, William Harrison Hays; Hoover, J. Edgar Hoover, John Edgar Hoover; Key, Francis Scott Key; Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln, President Lincoln, President Abraham Lincoln
Incoming links
Derivationally related form attorneyship → attorney
Derivationally related form law → lawyer
Member of this domain - TOPIC law, jurisprudence
Hypernym advocate, counsel, counselor, counsellor, counselor-at-law, pleader; ambulance chaser; barrister; conveyancer; defense attorney, defense lawyer; divorce lawyer; prosecutor, public prosecutor, prosecuting officer, prosecuting attorney; public defender; referee; solicitor; trial attorney, trial lawyer
Hyponym professional, professional person
Instance Hypernym Averroes, ibn-Roshd, Abul-Walid Mohammed ibn-Ahmad Ibn-Mohammed ibn-Roshd; Bryan, William Jennings Bryan, Great Commoner, Boy Orator of the Platte; Darrow, Clarence Darrow, Clarence Seward Darrow; Hays, Arthur Garfield Hays; Hays, Will Hays, William Harrison Hays; Hoover, J. Edgar Hoover, John Edgar Hoover; Key, Francis Scott Key; Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln, President Lincoln, President Abraham Lincoln
Member meronym lawyer-client relation, attorney-client relation

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