Usually means: Assists lawyers with legal work.
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General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. paralegal: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. paralegal: Merriam-Webster
  3. paralegal: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. paralegal: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. paralegal: Collins English Dictionary
  6. paralegal: Vocabulary.com
  7. Paralegal, paralegal: Wordnik
  8. paralegal: Wiktionary
  9. paralegal: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. paralegal: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. paralegal: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. paralegal: Dictionary.com
  13. paralegal (n.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. Paralegal: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. paralegal: Rhymezone
  16. paralegal: FreeDictionary.org
  17. paralegal: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. paralegal: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. paralegal: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. paralegal: Webster's New World Law Dictionary
  3. Duhaime's Canadian law dictionary (No longer online)
  4. paralegal: Law.com Dictionary
  5. Everybody's Legal Dictionary (No longer online)
  6. DS Dictionary (No longer online)
  7. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  8. paralegal: Legal dictionary
  9. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. paralegal: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See paralegals as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  (law) One who assists a lawyer in routine legal work, but who is without qualified status as a solicitor or barrister (England and Wales), attorney (U.S.), or advocate; known more commonly in the U.S. as a legal assistant.

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