Lawyer vs Buzzard - What's the difference?
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A professional person qualified (as by a law degree and/or bar exam) and authorized to practice law, i.e. conduct lawsuits and/or give legal advice.
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*:His forefathers had been, as a rule, professional men—physicians and lawyers ; his grandfather died under the walls of Chapultepec Castle while twisting a tourniquet for a cursing dragoon; an uncle remained indefinitely at Malvern Hill;.
By extension, a legal layman who argues points of law.
(informal) To practice law.
To perform, or attempt to perform, the work of a lawyer.
To make legalistic arguments.
With "up", to acquire the services of a lawyer.
(colloquial, criminal law) With "up", to exercise the right to ask for the presence of one's attorney.
To barrage with questions in order to get the person to admit something, usually used in the past tense "[You've been] lawyered."
Any of several Old World birds of prey with broad wings and a broad tail.
In North America, a general term for scavenging birds such as the American black vulture (Coragyps atratus''), and the turkey vulture (''Cathartes aura ).
A curmudgeonly or cantankerous man; an old person; a mean, greedy person.
(archaic) A blockhead; a dunce.
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As nouns the difference between lawyer and buzzard
is that lawyer is a professional person qualified (as by a law degree and/or bar exam) and authorized to practice law, ie conduct lawsuits and/or give legal advice while buzzard is any of several old world birds of prey with broad wings and a broad tail.As a verb lawyer
is (informal) to practice law.lawyer
English
(wikipedia lawyer)Alternative forms
* (l) (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* advocate * attorney * counselorDerived terms
* corporate lawyer * jailhouse lawyer * lawyering * lawyerlySee also
* solicitor * barristerVerb
(en verb)Anagrams
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buzzard
English
(wikipedia buzzard)Noun
(en noun)- It is common, to a proverb, to call one who can not be taught, or who continues obstinately ignorant, a buzzard .