pleader

[ plee-der ]

noun

1. a person who pleads, especially at law.

Word History and Origins

Origin of pleader¹

1225–75; Middle English pleder, plaidour; plead, -er ¹

Example Sentences

The reserved youth grew into a low-key politician, never much good as a backslapper or a special pleader.

From Washington Post

Special pleaders lobby Washington to define their income as lightly taxed capital gains, regardless of how arbitrary that might be in real-world economic terms, or how much complexity the code accumulates.

From Washington Post

Members on both sides of the dais lamented that their opposites would not reconsider, though none of the pleaders really expected any change.

From New York Times

Members on both sides of the dais lamented that their opposites would not reconsider, although none of the pleaders really expected any change.

From Seattle Times

Other hardcore Nats fans — the armchair scorekeepers, the get-there-for-batting-practice crowd, the pleaders for toss-up balls — have been simultaneously fuming and metaphorically scrounging for spare change in the couch.

From Washington Post

Related Words

• backer
• campaigner
• defender
• lawyer
• promoter
• proponent
• supporter