英语词汇lawyer的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

lawyer; attorney; barrister; solicitor. In America, lawyer or attorney describes anyone who does any kind of legal work, whereas in England a barrister is an attorney who does trial work and a solicitor one who does general legal work. Attorney in its legal sense dates back to about 1330, lawyer to 1377, solicitor to 1527, and barrister to 1545. Advocate and counsellor are also words used for a lawyer. All of these terms have finer distinc- tions in England than in the U.S. There are probably as many derogatory expressions for lawyer as there are honored ones, ranging from ambulance chaser to mob mouthpiece.

词汇	lawyer
词源	lawyer; attorney; barrister; solicitor. In America, lawyer or attorney describes anyone who does any kind of legal work, whereas in England a barrister is an attorney who does trial work and a solicitor one who does general legal work. Attorney in its legal sense dates back to about 1330, lawyer to 1377, solicitor to 1527, and barrister to 1545. Advocate and counsellor are also words used for a lawyer. All of these terms have finer distinc- tions in England than in the U.S. There are probably as many derogatory expressions for lawyer as there are honored ones, ranging from ambulance chaser to mob mouthpiece.
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