Public Defender Definition

noun
An attorney employed at public expense to defend indigent persons accused of crimes.
Webster's New World
An attorney hired by the government for the purpose of defending anyone who is accused of a crime but who is unable to afford to hire an attorney. The right to such a defense is guaranteed by the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution.
Webster's New World Law

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Noun

Singular:
public defender
Plural:
public defenders

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