superlawyer

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noun

A very successful or powerful lawyer.

OriginEnglish lawyer ← Latin super- ← Proto-Italic *super →
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Meanings

nounsuperlawyer (plural superlawyers)

plural superlawyers

  1. informalA very successful or powerful lawyer.

    Fearful that the publicity would cripple his presidential buildup, Kennedy paid an emergency call on Washington superlawyer Clark Clifford.

    2011, Christopher J. Matthews, Kennedy & Nixon: The Rivalry that Shaped Postwar America, page 115

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Italic*super
  4. Latinsuper
  5. Latinsuper-
  6. Englishsuper-
  7. Englishlawyer
  8. Englishsuperlawyer

From super- + lawyer.

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APA

superlawyer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/superlawyer

MLA

“superlawyer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/superlawyer. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “superlawyer,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/superlawyer.

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