pleader Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a lawyer who pleads cases in court
    counsel; counselor-at-law; counsellor; advocate; counselor.

WordNet

Plead"er noun
Etymology
F. plaideur.
Definitions
  1. One who pleads; one who argues for or against; an advotate.
    So fair a pleader any cause may gain. Dryden.
  2. (Law) One who draws up or forms pleas; the draughtsman of pleas or pleadings in the widest sense; as, a special pleader.

Webster 1913