different between juror vs lawyer

English

Alternative forms

• jurour (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English jurour, jurrour, borrowed from Anglo-Norman jurour and Old French jureor, from the verb jurer (“to swear”), or possibly from Latin i?r?tor, i?r?t?rem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d??????/, /?d??????/

Noun

juror (plural jurors)

1. (law) A member of a jury.

Synonyms

• jurat (obsolete)
• juryman
• juryperson
• jurywoman

Holonyms

• jury

Translations

References

Latin

Verb

j?ror

1. first-person singular present passive indicative of j?r?

References

• juror in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• juror in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Polish

Etymology

From English juror, from Middle English jurour, jurrour, from Anglo-Norman jurour, from Old French jureor, from the verb jurer (“to swear”), or possibly from Latin i?r?tor, i?r?t?rem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ju.r?r/

Noun

juror m pers (feminine jurorka)

1. juryman

Declension

Derived terms

• (adjective) jurorski

Related terms

• (noun) jury

Further reading

• juror in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• juror in Polish dictionaries at PWN

English

Alternative forms

• lawer (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English lawier, lawyer, lawer, equivalent to law +? -yer.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?l??j?(?)/, /?l??.?(?)/
• (US, Northern and Western) IPA^(key): /?l??.?/
• (US, Southern) IPA^(key): /?l?.j?/
• Rhymes: -??.?, -??.?(?), -???(?)
• Hyphenation: law?yer

Noun

lawyer (plural lawyers)

1. A professional person qualified (as by a law degree or bar exam) and authorized to practice law, 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; […].

   A lawyer's time and advice are his stock in trade. - aphorism often credited to Abraham Lincoln, but without attestation

2. (by extension) A legal layman who argues points of law.
3. (Britain, colloquial) The burbot.
4. (Britain, dialect, botany) The stem of a bramble.
5. Any of various plants. This term needs a definition. Please help out and add a definition, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Synonyms

• advocate
• attorney
• counselor

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

lawyer (third-person singular simple present lawyers, present participle lawyering, simple past and past participle lawyered)

1. (informal, intransitive) To practice law.
2. (intransitive) To perform, or attempt to perform, the work of a lawyer.
3. (intransitive) To make legalistic arguments.
4. (informal, transitive) To barrage (a person) with questions in order to get them to admit something.

   You've been lawyered!

Related terms

• lawyer up

See also

• solicitor
• barrister

References

Anagrams

• Rawley, warely, yawler

Middle English

Noun

lawyer

1. Alternative form of lawier