vakeel

noun

va·​keel

variants or vakil

vəˈkē(ə)l

plural -s

1

: an agent or representative especially of a person of political importance in India

2

: an authorized public pleader in a court of justice in India

Word History

Etymology

Hindi vakēl, from Arabic wakīl

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