lawyer

lawyer, the different meanings ovr the world..
in Australia, the word "lawyer" is used to refer to both barristers and solicitors but not people who do not practice the law.
In Britain, "lawyer" is used loosely to refer to a broad variety of law-trained persons.
It includes practitioners such as barristers, solicitors, and legal executives; and people who are involved with the law but do not practice it on behalf of individual clients, such as judges, court clerks, and drafters of legislation.
In Canada, the word "lawyer" only refers to individuals who have been called to the bar or have qualified as civil law notaries in the province of Quebec.
Common law lawyers in Canada may also be known as "barristers and solicitors", but should not be referred to as "attorneys", since that term has a different meaning in Canadian usage.
However, in Quebec, civil law advocates often call themselves "attorney" and sometimes "barrister and solicitor".
Notably, civil law notaries are entitled by provincial statute to style themselves "title attorney".
In the United States of America, the term generally refers to attorneys who may practice law.
In Hong Kong, it means rich man.
In China, it means nothing.
In other nations tend to have comparable terms for the analogous concept.