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English
Etymology
Partly from Middle English pleder, pledere, equivalent to plead + -er; and partly from Middle English pledour, plaidour, from Anglo-Norman plaidur, pledour, Old French plaidëor, pledëor.
Pronunciation
Noun
pleader (plural pleaders)
- (law) a person who pleads in court; an advocate
1924, EM Forster, A Passage to India, Penguin, published 2005, page 25:‘Soon after I came out I asked one of the pleaders to have a smoke with me – only a cigarette, mind.’
- (generally) someone who pleads or implores
Derived terms
Translations
person who pleads in court
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