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litigator

litigator noun: a person employed to litigate, a lawyer skilled in arguing in court.

Noun

litigator (plural litigators)

  1. A person employed to litigate, a lawyer skilled in arguing in court.
    • “In the past you had to pick your battles, you had limited resources and limited attorneys, so you picked the things that you thought would have the biggest stakes,” Muller said. Now, election litigators don’t have to be so “choosy.”2024 April 11, Fredreka Schouten and Tierney Sneed, “GOP leaders pursue new lawsuits over 2024 election rules – including attacking methods of voting they want supporters to use”, in CNN
    • The Senate voted Tuesday night to confirm Pam Bondi as attorney general, making the tenacious litigator the latest official to help fill out President Donald Trump’s administration.2025 February 4, Shania Shelton and Morgan Rimmer, “Senate votes to confirm Pam Bondi as attorney general”, in CNN

Forms of litigator

plurallitigators

Origin of litigator

From litigate + -or.

Questions about litigator

What does litigator mean?
Litigator means a person employed to litigate, a lawyer skilled in arguing in court.
What part of speech is litigator?
Litigator is a noun.
What is the plural of litigator?
The plural of litigator is litigators.

Words near litigator in the dictionary

  1. litigationist
  2. litigationists
  3. litigations
  4. litigatious
  5. litigative
  6. litigator
  7. litigators
  8. litigatory
  9. litiginous
  10. litigiosity
  11. litigious

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