Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who litigates.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun One who litigates.

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  • noun A person employed to litigate, a lawyer skilled in arguing in court.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun (law) a party to a lawsuit; someone involved in litigation

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Examples

  • Seriously, you claim to be a litigator; is it really effective in the UK to simply declare the other side’s position to be wrong without making actual arguments?

    The Volokh Conspiracy » “Free Gaza” Activists’ Version of the Ship Incident 2010

  • He figured out that being a litigator was your best chance of getting rich.

    Hell’s Gate Stephen Frey 2009

  • He figured out that being a litigator was your best chance of getting rich.

    Hell’s Gate Stephen Frey 2009

  • He figured out that being a litigator was your best chance of getting rich.

    Hell’s Gate Stephen Frey 2009

  • A former partner at the staid Manhattan law firm Davis Polk & Wardwell, the litigator was a longtime coun - sel to RJR before taking charge in 1995.

    The New Dealmakers 2008

  • He was a dark-com - plexioned man with a flat face, slicked-back hair, and the predatory manner of a successful litigator, which is precisely what he had been before ascending to the exalted apex of the Tokyo Prosecutor's Office.

    Second Skin Lustbader, Eric 1995

  • The latest challenge: Canada's Department of Justice has retained a big name litigator, David Kent, to look into the deal's underpinnings. confirmed with Kent, an anti-trust attorney with Toronto's McMillan LLP, that he was retained by the DOJ but would say nothing else.

    ClickZ News Blog 2009

  • The latest challenge: Canada's Department of Justice has retained a big name litigator, David Kent, to look into the deal's underpinnings. confirmed with Kent, an anti-trust attorney with Toronto's McMillan LLP, that he was retained by the DOJ but would say nothing else.

    ClickZ News Blog 2009

  • The latest challenge: Canada's Department of Justice has retained a big name litigator, David Kent, to look into the deal's underpinnings. confirmed with Kent, an anti-trust attorney with Toronto's McMillan LLP, that he was retained by the DOJ but would say nothing else.

    ClickZ News Blog 2009

  • The latest challenge: Canada's Department of Justice has retained a big name litigator, David Kent, to look into the deal's underpinnings. confirmed with Kent, an anti-trust attorney with Toronto's McMillan LLP, that he was retained by the DOJ but would say nothing else.

    ClickZ News Blog 2009

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