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pleader

[plee-der] / ˈpli dər /




NOUN
devil's advocate
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A Pleader in the West There is something in this country which enables its people, for all their illiteracy and backwardness, to rise to the occasion when face to face with mighty challenges.

From Time Magazine Archive

Snapped Pleader Martin: "You'll never know who got them, now."

From Time Magazine Archive

A great Pleader is truly a great Artist, and more imaginative than any other. 

From The Humourous Story of Farmer Bumpkin's Lawsuit by Harris, Richard

He was likewise a tolerable Pleader, and Civilian, and distinguished by the same rigid freedom in the turn of his language, as in that of his virtues.

From Cicero's Brutus or History of Famous Orators; also His Orator, or Accomplished Speaker. by Jones, E.

Holy Ghost, our Interceder, Blessed Comforter and Pleader With the Lord for all we need, Deign to hold with us communion That with Thee in blessed union We may in our life succeed.

From Hymns and Hymnwriters of Denmark by Aaberg, J. C. (Jens Christian)




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