legist
Valid in Scrabble
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- 9
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/ˈliːdʒɪst/
(UK)
Definition of legist
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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One skilled in the law.
“There were a number of lawyers of the older type, men in sharp contrast and antagonism to the younger legists of the new American school.”
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noun
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One skilled in the law.
“There were a number of lawyers of the older type, men in sharp contrast and antagonism to the younger legists of the new American school.”
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A writer on law; also, a lawmaker, a legislator.
“‘King and kingdom,’ concurred d'Aguesseau, wisest of wise eighteenth-century legists, ‘form a single entity.’”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle French légiste, from Medieval Latin lēgista, from Latin lex (“law”). Compare legal.
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