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lawyering

lawyering noun: the practicing of law as a profession; being a lawyer. Also the present participle and gerund of lawyer.

Noun

lawyering (countable and uncountable, plural lawyerings)

  1. The practicing of law as a profession; being a lawyer.
    • In that country it is that a hireling scribe (a chance child of fortune and of war), urged on by his paltry lawyerings, put his vile name to this paltry proclamation, putting down freemen.1888, Daniel O'Connell, William John Fitz-Patrick, Correspondence of Daniel O'Connell, the Liberator, page 224

Also used as

lawyering is also the present participle and gerund of lawyer.

Forms of lawyering

plurallawyerings

Words formed from lawyering

Phrases with lawyering

Questions about lawyering

What does lawyering mean?
Lawyering means the practicing of law as a profession; being a lawyer.
What part of speech is lawyering?
Lawyering is a noun.
What is the plural of lawyering?
The plural of lawyering is lawyerings.

Words near lawyering in the dictionary

  1. lawyered
  2. lawyered up
  3. lawyerese
  4. lawyeress
  5. lawyeresses
  6. lawyering
  7. lawyering up
  8. lawyerings
  9. lawyerish
  10. lawyerism
  11. lawyerisms

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