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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Litigator

Litigator \Lit"i*ga`tor\, n. [L.] One who litigates.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
litigator

agent noun from Latin litigare (see litigation). Latin litigator meant "a party to a lawsuit; litigant."

Wiktionary
litigator

n. A person employed to litigate, a lawyer skilled in arguing in court.

WordNet
litigator

n. (law) a party to a lawsuit; someone involved in litigation; "plaintiffs and defendants are both litigants" [syn: litigant]

Usage examples of "litigator".

Here I was, a tired old litigator who had sold everything from my racehorse to my Rolex, and had packed all that remained into a large rucksack that would be my constant companion as I ventured into the timeless traditions of the East.

The judge disagreed with your interpretation of the law, the litigator on the other side belonged in a cage, and your client was more than a little annoyed with your performance.

When I was a litigator, I actually saw lawyers who were scared of stepping into court.

Actually, his transformation from a sickly old litigator to a radiant, energetic philosopher was nothing less than miraculous.

In my days as a litigator, I lived off of a steady diet of steaks, fries and other types of junk food.

Through the course of this strange yet inspiring evening I had gone from being a skeptical litigator carefully studying a hotshot lawyer-turned yogi to a believer whose eyes had been opened for the first time in many years.

His transformation from a frail old litigator to a vital, young Adonis was not brought about by a simple change in his diet and a daily dose of some quick-fix exercise plan.

All I knew of Julian was that he had been a superstar litigator who hung out with the rich and the beautiful.

The money would come later, when he was a battle-hardened litigator at a very young age.

He picked the toughest cases, won most of them, and by the age of forty was a litigator with a wide reputation.

I learned that lesson long ago the hard way, when I was an upscale defense attorney with an infatuation for the civil litigator down the hall.

I used to believe in the law until I realized that the people behind it -- me and that civil litigator -- were just as flawed as the people before it.

Jane Venable before him, Vail had little respect for Yancey as a litigator but liked him personally.

Since he was not a practicing litigator, Quinn was not caught up in the mumbo jumbo of the legal profession.

Alex was thirty-two, a successful litigator, a junior partner in her law firm.