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- Dictionarypub·lic de·fend·er/ˈpəblɪk dəˈfɛndər/
noun
- 1. a lawyer employed at public expense in a criminal trial to represent a defendant who is unable to afford legal assistance.
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Lawyer appointed to represent people without charging
A public defender is a lawyer appointed to represent people who otherwise cannot reasonably afford to hire a lawyer to defend themselves in a trial. Several countries provide people with public defenders, including the UK, Belgium, Hungary and Singapore, and some states of Australia. Wikipedia