| Main Entry: | mouthpiece |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | spokesperson |
Synonyms: |
PR person, agent, delegate, representative, speaker, spokesman, spokeswoman |
| Main Entry: | attorney |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lawyer |
Synonyms: |
DA, advocate, ambulance chaser, barrister, counsel, counselor, fixer, front, legal beagle, legal eagle, lip, mouthpiece, pleader, proxy, spieler |
| Main Entry: | counsel |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | legal representative |
Synonyms: |
adviser, advocate, attorney, barrister, bomber, counselor, legal adviser, legal beagle, legal eagle, lip, mouthpiece, patch, shyster, solicitor |
| Notes: | counsel is 'advice, guidance' and a counsel is a lawyer; a council is a deliberative body of people assembled for some purpose and members are councillors (especially in Britain) |
| Main Entry: | counselor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | legal representative; adviser |
Synonyms: |
advocate, ambulance chaser, attorney, counsel, front*, guide, instructor, legal beagle, legal eagle, lip, mentor, mouthpiece, pleader, solicitor, squeal, teacher* |
| Main Entry: | delegate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | representative, often governmental |
Synonyms: |
agent, alternate, ambassador, appointee, catchpole, commissioner, consul, deputy, emissary, envoy, factor, front*, legate, member, member of congress, minister, mouthpiece, nominee, people's choice, pinch hitter, plenipotentiary, proxy, regent, rep, replacement, senator, spokesperson, stand-in, substitute, surrogate, vicar, viceroy |
| Main Entry: | figurehead |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is leader in name only |
Synonyms: |
cipher, front*, mouthpiece, nominal head, nonentity, nothing, puppet*, straw boss, straw person, titular head, token |
| Main Entry: | lawyer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is trained to counsel or argue in cases of law |
Synonyms: |
advocate, attorney, attorney-at-law, barrister, counsel, counsellor, counselor, defender, jurisprudent, jurist, legal adviser, legal eagle, legist, member of the bar, mouthpiece, pleader, practitioner, proctor, procurator, solicitor |
| Main Entry: | organ |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | means, tool |
Synonyms: |
agency, agent, channel, device, element, forum, implement, instrument, journal, magazine, medium, member, ministry, mouthpiece, newspaper, paper, part, periodical, process, publication, review, structure, unit, vehicle, voice, way |
| Main Entry: | puppet |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person or toy manipulated by another |
Synonyms: |
creature, doll, dupe*, figurehead, figurine, instrument, jerk*, manikin, marionette, moppet, mouthpiece, patsy, pawn, pushover, schlemiel, servant, soft touch, stooge, tool*, victim |
| Main Entry: | shyster |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | unscrupulous lawyer; swindler |
Synonyms: |
ambulance chaser, cheater, chiseler, crooked lawyer, mouthpiece, pettifogger, scammer, trickster, unethical lawyer |