Meaning

2 senses
  1. A person who pleads in court; an advocate

    a lawyer who pleads cases in court

  2. Someone who pleads or implores

    просительprositelʹ, ходатайxodataj

Translations

1 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
someone who pleads or implores:

Origin

Partly from Middle English pleder, pledere, equivalent to plead + -er; and partly from Mid

Partly from Middle English pleder, pledere, equivalent to plead + -er; and partly from Middle English pledour, plaidour, from Anglo-Norman plaidur, pledour, Old French plaidëor, pledëor.

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Forms

plural: pleaders
Singularpleader
Pluralpleaders

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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