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▪ I. pleader1|ˈpliːdə(r)|
Forms: α. as plead v. α. + 3 -ur, 4 -or, 4–5 -our, -ere, 5 -are, 5– -er, 6 Sc. -ar. β. 4 playtour, -ere, 5–6 pleter, -ar(e, 6 pleater.
[α. ME. playdur, -our, a. OF. plaideor (13th c. in Hatz.-Darm.), F. plaideur, agent-n. f. OF. plaidier, plaider to plead; with subsequent change of suffix: see -our, -er1. β. after the collateral form playte, plete, pleat of the vb.]
1. One who pleads in a law-court; an advocate.
αc1275Sinners Beware 133 in O.E. Misc. 76 Þeos playdurs beoþ wel kene. c1380Wyclif Serm. Sel. Wks. II. 252 Þus seien pleders and pursueris, þat þei done þus al for love. 1390Gower Conf. I. 274 The pledour and the plee schal faile, The sentence of that ilke day. 1430–40Lydg. Bochas i. xviii. (MS. Bodl. 263) 76/1 Plederes [ed. 1554 pleters], which for lucre & meede, Meyntene quarelis, and questis doon enbrace. 1514Barclay Cyt. & Uplondyshm. (Percy Soc.) 32 Yet is in the cyte a nombre incurable, Pleders & brokers, a foule & shamefast rable. 1629Massinger Picture ii. ii, The tradesman, merchant, and litigious pleader, And such-like scarabs bred in the dung of peace. 1772Junius Lett. lxviii. (1820) 338 The learning of a pleader is usually upon a level with his integrity. 1871R. Ellis Catullus xxxix. 3 The bench..Where stands a pleader just prepar'd to rouse our tears.
β1303R. Brunne Handl. Synne 8746 Þyr was a man þat hyghte Valentyne, Playtour he was, and ryche man fyne. 1340Ayenb. 44 To þise zenne belongeþ þe zenne of ualse domesmen and of ualse playteres. 1474Caxton Chesse iii. iii. 3, I suppose that in alle cristendom are not so many pletars attorneys and men of the lawe as been in Englond onely. 1545Brinklow Compl. 2 That all iudges and pleaters at the barre may lyue of a stypend.
†b. In opprobrious sense. Cf. special pleader.
1382Wyclif Isa. iii. 12 My puple his pleteres [gloss or wrong axers] spoileden. a1400–50Alexander 1731 Þat wickidly þou haues..Purvayd þe pletours [L. latrunculos] oure partis to ride. c1440Gesta Rom. iii. 8 (Harl. MS.) Advocatis, and pletouris, þe which by sotilte and wickidnesse getithe þe goode of þis wordle.
†c. A suitor. Obs. rare.
1653Urquhart Rabelais i. xx. 89 Pleaders are miserable; for sooner shall they attain to the end of their lives, then to the final decision of their pretended rights.
2. gen. One who pleads, entreats, or intercedes.
1607Shakes. Cor. v. i. 36 But sure if you Would be your Countries Pleader, your good tongue... Might stop our Countryman. a1635Sibbes Confer. Christ & Mary (1656) 47 We have a pleader in heaven, that will take our part against the accuser of our brethren. 1712Berkeley Pass. Obed. §33 One great principle which the pleaders for resistance make the ground-work of their doctrine. 1884Max Müller in 19th Cent. June 1016 We know how able, how persuasive a pleader Darwin could be.
3. See special pleader.
▪ II. † ˈpleader2 Obs. rare. Law.
Also 5 pletere.
[a. F. plaider, AF. plaiter, pleter, infinitive used as n.: see plead v. and -er4.]
Pleading.
c1450Merlin 18 This was Merlynes pletere for his moder. 1698Sir G. Treby in Mod. Rep. XII. 229 Testator took out a writ against the defendant.., and died during the pleader. |