单词 | barrack-room lawyer |
释义 | > as lemmasbarrack-room lawyer barrack-room lawyer n. slang (originally Military) a layman who claims special knowledge of rules, regulations, or the law; a pompously argumentative person. ΘΚΠ society > law > jurisprudence > [noun] > legal knowledge or skill > one who fancies himself knowledgeable bush-lawyer1853 barrack-room lawyer1943 the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > controversy, dispute, argument > [noun] > person engaged in disputer1434 wrangler1561 debater1594 controvertist1608 disputant1612 controverser1614 controverter1615 controversist1623 disputator1637 polemic1639 disceptator1656 controversialist1658 eristic1659 scaldabancoa1670 fencera1680 controversionalist?1780 digladiator1803 argufier1805 polemist1825 polemicist1864 polemician1871 picador1876 barrack-room lawyer1943 1943 ‘Raff’ & ‘Armstrong’ Nice Types 77 The Barrack-Room Lawyer has an ancient copy of King's Regulations in his locker. 1970 Times 12 May 25/2 Reuther set about winkling out lazy..trade unionists..barrack-room lawyers, [etc.]. 1985 Financial Times 1 Aug. 39/1 A line of policy has to be drawn..to guard against the barrack-room lawyer who seeks to draw out the dispute and involve the courts on technicalities. < as lemmas |
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