Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

common lawyer

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.56 in modern English

Syllables: com-mon lawyer
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person knowledgeable about common law.

Example Sentences

"The common lawyers of England have for centuries gloried in their ignorance of the civil law, and maintained the indescribable superiority of the common law of England, ..."

Etymology

From combining common law with lawyer.

Inflected Forms

common lawyers (plural)

Questions

What does common lawyer mean?: A person knowledgeable about common law.
Where does common lawyer come from?: From combining common law with lawyer.

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