So fair a pleader any cause may gain. --Dryden.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Law) One who draws up or forms pleas; the draughtsman of pleas or pleadings in the widest sense; as, a special pleader. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
pleader — index advocate (counselor), apologist, attorney, claimant, counsel, intermediary, jurist, petitioner … Law dictionary
pleader — A person whose business it was to draw pleadings. Formerly, when pleading at common law was a highly technical and difficult art, there was a class of men known as special pleaders not at the bar, who held a position intermediate between counsel… … Black's law dictionary
pleader — plead ► VERB (past and past part. pleaded or N. Amer., Scottish, or dialect pled) 1) make an emotional appeal. 2) present and argue for (a position), especially in court or in another public context. 3) Law state formally in court whether one is… … English terms dictionary
pleader — noun see plead … New Collegiate Dictionary
pleader — /plee deuhr/, n. a person who pleads, esp. at law. [1225 75; ME pleder, plaidour; see PLEAD, ER1] * * * … Universalium
pleader — noun A person, such as an advocate, who pleads … Wiktionary
pleader — Synonyms and related words: abettor, actuator, advocate, agent, alter ego, alternate, amicus curiae, animator, apologete, apologist, apologizer, attorney, attorney at law, backup, backup man, barrister, barrister at law, cajoler, champion, coax,… … Moby Thesaurus
pleader — plead·er || plɪËdÉ™(r) n. (Law) advocate, defense lawyer; claimant, one who enters a plea; claim, suit … English contemporary dictionary
pleader — n. Assertor, vindicator, defender, advocate … New dictionary of synonyms
pleader — plead·er … English syllables
