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• n  a lawyer who pleads cases in court

• Depending on the man and the moment, he may come across as heavy or hero, leader or pleader, preacher or teacher.
• The pleader is Lennie, a ruined hulk who grasps ideas with his hands instead of his brain.
• Depending on the man and the moment, he may come across as heavy or hero, leader or pleader, preacher or teacher.

• advocate
• counsel
• counselor
• counsellor
• counselor-at-law

Quotes

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• Vice President Dick Cheney in CBS News
  If Reagan "doesn't really cut defense," Cheney told the Post, "he becomes the No. 1 special pleader in town."