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legist

UK/ˈliːdʒɪst/

legist noun: one skilled in the law.

Noun

legist (plural legists)

  1. One skilled in the law.
    • There were a number of lawyers of the older type, men in sharp contrast and antagonism to the younger legists of the new American school.1933 September, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, “The Second Conference at Basra, 1978”, in The Shape of Things to Come, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, →OCLC, 3rd book (The...
  2. A writer on law; also, a lawmaker, a legislator.
    • ‘King and kingdom,’ concurred d'Aguesseau, wisest of wise eighteenth-century legists, ‘form a single entity.’2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 3

Forms of legist

plurallegists

Origin of legist

From Middle French légiste, from Medieval Latin lēgista, from Latin lex (“law”). Compare legal.

Questions about legist

What does legist mean?
Legist means one skilled in the law.
What part of speech is legist?
Legist is a noun.
How do you pronounce legist?
Legist is pronounced /ˈliːdʒɪst/ (UK).
What is the plural of legist?
The plural of legist is legists.

Words near legist in the dictionary

  1. legislatress
  2. legislatresses
  3. legislatrix
  4. legislature
  5. legislatures
  6. legist
  7. legistical
  8. legistics
  9. legists
  10. legit
  11. legitbait

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