English Explanatory Dictionary

special pleader

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Someone who uses special pleading; someone who argues that a particular case is an exception to a generally accepted rule, without justification or without a relevant basis.

Word forms

special pleader special pleaders

Etymology

Blend of special pleading + -er.

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