Litigator
noun
noun ·4 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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.”"
- 2 (law) a party to a lawsuit; someone involved in litigation wordnet
Example
More examples"“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.”"
Etymology
From litigate + -or.
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