pleader

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pleader

  • /ˈpliːdə/ UK

Rhymes with -iːdə(ɹ)

Where it comes from

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.

noun pleaders

  1. a person who pleads in court; an advocate “My District's worked by some man at Darjiling, on the strength of a native pleader's false reports. Oh, it's a heavenly place!”
  2. someone who pleads or implores

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noun someone who pleads or implores

Русскийпроситель prositelʹ, ходатай xodataj

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@misc{pleader_2026,
  title = {pleader},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pleader},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}