Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who pleads; one who presents pleas for or against a claim, allegation, etc.; technically, a lawyer who pleads a cause or argues in a court of justice (the original meaning of the term), or who drafts, prepares, or devises pleadings.
- noun The party whose pleading is under consideration
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who pleads; one who argues for or against; an advotate.
- noun (Law) One who draws up or forms pleas; the draughtsman of pleas or pleadings in the widest sense.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A person, such as an
advocate , whopleads .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a lawyer who pleads cases in court
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Examples
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I'm glad to hear of it; a fine profession, sir; constant variety and excitement -- for the pleader, that is to say '(Mr. Shelford shared the lay impression that pleading was a form of passionate appeal to judge and jurymen),' and of course you would plead in court.
The Giant's Robe F. Anstey 1895
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The second mate had, however, in the meantime mentioned the matter to the captain, putting his own construction upon it; the request was therefore harshly and hastily refused, the refusal being accompanied by the assertion that the pleader was a mean, skulking, mutinous rascal, not worth his salt.
The Voyage of the Aurora Harry Collingwood 1886
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He gave the following instance of the sort of thing which takes place: -- A man comes into the "pleader," or lawyer's office, for a consultation.
India and the Indians Edward Fenton Elwin
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Especially,” he went on, “when the pleader is the nephew of an old colleague, one of the lights of the grand Council of State which gave France the
A Second Home 2007
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Especially,” he went on, “when the pleader is the nephew of an old colleague, one of the lights of the grand Council of State which gave France the
A Second Home 2007
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Especially, "he went on," when the pleader is the nephew of an old colleague, one of the lights of the grand Council of State which gave France the Napoleonic Code. "
A Second Home Honor�� de Balzac 1824
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Obama's presidency, like his campaign, shows how painstaking an African-American has to be -- more so, possibly, than a white liberal -- in coming on before a national audience as a special pleader on minority interests and needs.
David Remnick's 'The Bridge' Delves Deep Into Barack Obama's Presidency (New York Review) 2010
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He was a grunting lover, she was a pleader -- whimpering, shifting, her cries not quite smothered by the creaking bedstead.
Beard 2010
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Let the false pleader pay for his offence, I say, to the bitter end. '
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Obama's presidency, like his campaign, shows how painstaking an African-American has to be -- more so, possibly, than a white liberal -- in coming on before a national audience as a special pleader on minority interests and needs.
David Remnick's 'The Bridge' Delves Deep Into Barack Obama's Presidency (New York Review) 2010
bilby commented on the word pleader
"For an end,
We must suggest the people in what hatred
He still hath held them; that to's power he would
Have made them mules, silenc'd their pleaders, and
Dispropertied their freedoms..."
- William Shakespeare, 'The Tragedy of Coriolanus'.
August 28, 2009