Meanings
plural litigators
- A person employed to litigate, a lawyer skilled in arguing in court.
The Senate voted Tuesday night to confirm Pam Bondi as attorney general, making the tenacious litigator the latest official to help fill out President Donald Trump’s administration.
2025 February 4, Shania Shelton and Morgan Rimmer, “Senate votes to confirm Pam Bondi as attorney general”, in CNN1 more example
“In the past you had to pick your battles, you had limited resources and limited attorneys, so you picked the things that you thought would have the biggest stakes,” Muller said. Now, election litigators don’t have to be so “choosy.”
2024 April 11, Fredreka Schouten and Tierney Sneed, “GOP leaders pursue new lawsuits over 2024 election rules – including attacking methods of voting they want supporters to use”, in CNN
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
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litigator. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/litigator
“litigator.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/litigator. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “litigator,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/litigator.
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