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Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin causidicus. By surface analysis, causa + -i- + -dico.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: (Brazil) -id͡ʒiku, (Portugal) -idiku
- Hyphenation: cau‧sí‧di‧co
Noun
causídico m (plural causídicos, feminine causídica, feminine plural causídicas)
- (law) attorney; lawyer (one who advises or represents others in legal matters)
- Synonym: advogado
1860, Luiz Augusto Rebello da Silva, “Reinado do Cardeal D. Henrique” (chapter 2), in Historia de Portugal nos seculos XVII e XVIII, volume 1, Lisbon: Imprensa Nacional, page 383:Guardiola, que o duque sonhára converter em diplomata, appareceu o que era, um causidico encanecido nas formalidades forenses.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- champion (someone who fights for a cause)