causídico
See also: causidico
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin causidicus. By surface analysis, causa + -i- + -dico.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
causídico m (plural causídicos, feminine causídica, feminine plural causídicas)
- (law) attorney; lawyer (one who advises or represents others in legal matters)
- Synonym: advogado
- 1860, Luiz Augusto Rebello da Silva, “Reinado do Cardeal D. Henrique” (chapter 2), in Historia de Portugal nos seculos XVII e XVIII, volume 1, Lisbon: Imprensa Nacional, page 383:
- Guardiola, que o duque sonhára converter em diplomata, appareceu o que era, um causidico encanecido nas formalidades forenses.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- champion (someone who fights for a cause)