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PUBLIC DEFENDER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does public defender mean?
• PUBLIC DEFENDER (noun)
The noun PUBLIC DEFENDER has 1 sense:
1. a lawyer who represents indigent defendants at public expense
Familiarity information: PUBLIC DEFENDER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A lawyer who represents indigent defendants at public expense
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("public defender" is a kind of...):
attorney; lawyer (a professional person authorized to practice law; conducts lawsuits or gives legal advice)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
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