Hypertext Webster Gateway: "pleader"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pleader \Plead"er\, n. [F. plaideur.]
1. One who pleads; one who argues for or against; an
advotate.
So fair a pleader any cause may gain. --Dryden.
2. (Law) One who draws up or forms pleas; the draughtsman of
pleas or pleadings in the widest sense; as, a special
pleader.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
pleader
n : a lawyer who pleads cases in court [syn: {advocate}, {counsel},
{counselor}, {counsellor}, {counselor-at-law}]
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