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"masculine"
],
"word": "lögfræðingur"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "lawyer whose role has merged with that of a barrister",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "málafærslumaður"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "lawyer whose role has merged with that of a barrister",
"word": "avvocato"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "lawyer whose role has merged with that of a barrister",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "adwokat"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "lawyer whose role has merged with that of a barrister",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "adwokatka"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "lawyer whose role has merged with that of a barrister",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "advogado"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kan'yūin",
"sense": "chief legal officer of a city, town or other jurisdiction",
"word": "勧誘員"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "person soliciting sales",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "podomní prodejce"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "person soliciting sales",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "podomní prodavač"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "person soliciting sales",
"word": "ovelta ovelle -myyjä"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "person soliciting sales",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dyrasölumaður"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "person soliciting sales",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sölumaður"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "person soliciting sales",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "akwizytor"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "person soliciting sales",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "akwizytorka"
}
],
"word": "solicitor"
}
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