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Noun: defense lawyer
Usage: US (elsewhere: defence lawyer)
  1. (law) the lawyer representing the defendant
    "The defense lawyer argued for her client's innocence";
    - defense attorney [US], defence attorney [Brit, Cdn], defence lawyer [Brit, Cdn]

Derived forms: defense lawyers

Type of: attorney, lawyer

Encyclopedia: Defense lawyer