jurisprudent adjective 2noun 1forms 3 adjective2 •Understanding law; skilled in jurisprudence.'Adieu!' he says, 'I am going to my tutor's lectures on one Puffendorf, a very jurisprudent author as you shall read on a summer's day.' — 1878 •Pertaining to jurisprudence.By this, I wanted to point out how subtle and conscientious our judgment of jurisprudent ideas should be, and what kind of historic approach we have to cherish towards them. — 1985 noun1 •Someone skilled in law or jurisprudence.Both the official and the jurisprudent can make mistakes; they can go wrong. — 2017 formsjurisprudents · more jurisprudent · most jurisprudent