legist means one skilled in the law. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 90 out of 100.
legist is pronounced /ˈliːdʒɪst/.
Etymology
From Middle French légiste, from Medieval Latin lēgista, from Latin lex (“law”). Compare legal.
noun
- One skilled in the law.“There were a number of lawyers of the older type, men in sharp contrast and antagonism to the younger legists of the new American school.”
- A writer on law; also, a lawmaker, a legislator.“‘King and kingdom,’ concurred d'Aguesseau, wisest of wise eighteenth-century legists, ‘form a single entity.’”