Definitions for sea-lawyer

sea-lawyer sea lawyer

Sea-Lawyer is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 3 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 3 points.

You can make 318 anagrams from letters in sea-lawyer (-aaeelrswy).

Definitions for sea-lawyer

noun

  1. a sailor inclined to question or complain about the orders given.

Origin of sea-lawyer

First recorded in 1805-15

Examples for sea-lawyer

He was one of those men who do a great deal of mischief on board a ship, and are generally known by the name of “a sea lawyer.”

There was no answer to this, and the sea lawyer took a new tack.

Occasionally a sea lawyer, one with an established reputation as such among the crew, would come up.

I decided that now was the time to take care of this sea lawyer.

Old Jos, as he was called, was somewhat of a sea lawyer in his way, though not the less superstitious on that account.

Word Value for sea-lawyer
Scrable

3

Words with friends

3

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