guardhouse lawyer
1guardhouse lawyer — Mil. Slang. a person in military service, esp. an inmate of a guardhouse or brig, who is or claims to be an authority on military law, regulations, and soldiers rights. [1925 30] * * * …
2guardhouse lawyer — noun : a person in the military service who pretends to wide knowledge of regulations, military law, and his rights; especially : one who so pretends while in confinement * * * Mil. Slang. a person in military service, esp. an inmate of a… …
3guardhouse lawyer — American an opinionated know all and troublemaker Also known as a barrack room lawyer. Guard duty involves much tedium, providing fertile ground for bores and agitators. General as well as military use …
4lawyer — n. 1) to hire, retain a lawyer 2) a practicing lawyer 3) a civil rights; corporation; criminal; trial lawyer 4) a Philadelphia ( shrewd ) lawyer 5) (humorous; usu. mil.) a barrack room (esp. BE), guardhouse (esp. AE) lawyer ( a soldier who claims …
5Philadelphia lawyer — Synonyms and related words: Artful Dodger, Yankee horse trader, ambulance chaser, apologist, arguer, argufier, casuist, charmer, controversialist, crafty rascal, debater, disceptator, disputant, dodger, fox, glib tongue, guardhouse lawyer, horse… …
6apologist — Synonyms and related words: Maecenas, Philadelphia lawyer, abettor, admirer, advocate, aficionado, angel, apologete, apologizer, arguer, argufier, backer, buff, casuist, champion, controversialist, debater, defender, dependence, disceptator,… …
7debater — Synonyms and related words: Philadelphia lawyer, apologist, arguer, argufier, casuist, controversialist, declaimer, demagogue, disceptator, disputant, guardhouse lawyer, haranguer, jawsmith, logomacher, logomachist, mooter, panelist, pilpulist,… …
8disputant — Synonyms and related words: Philadelphia lawyer, apologist, arguer, argufier, battler, belligerent, belted knight, bickerer, bitter ender, blade, bravo, brawler, bully, bullyboy, casuist, combatant, competitor, contender, contestant,… …
9polemic — Synonyms and related words: Kilkenny cats, Philadelphia lawyer, altercation, apologetics, apologia, apologist, apology, arguer, argufier, argument, argumentation, bicker, bickering, blood feud, brawl, broil, casuist, casuistry, cat and dog life,… …
10wrangler — Synonyms and related words: Philadelphia lawyer, apologist, arguer, argufier, battler, belligerent, belted knight, bickerer, bitter ender, blade, bravo, brawler, bully, bullyboy, casuist, cattleman, combatant, commoner, competitor, contender,… …
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