Plead"er (?), n. [F. plaideur.]
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.
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