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man of law

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.30 in modern English

Syllables
man of law
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A lawyer, a lawman.

Archaic

Etymology

Calque of French homme de loi.

Usage

Inflected Forms

men of law (plural)

Phrases

man of letters

Frequently Paired Words

man of letters

Synonyms

advocate limb of the law abogado attorney avocat counsel counselor latitat lawman lawyer legal representative man of law

Questions

What does man of law mean?
A lawyer, a lawman.
Where does man of law come from?
Calque of French homme de loi.

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