barrister
nounattested in dialogue
- United Kingdom//ˈbæɹ.ɪst.ə(ɹ)//
A lawyer with the right to speak and argue as an advocate in higher lawcourts.
noun
- 1
A lawyer with the right to speak and argue as an advocate in higher lawcourts.
Postmen, binmen, dock workers, even barristers are now on strike. Where will all this end?
Etymology
From bar (a collective term for lawyers or the legal profession) and the suffix -ster.
Forms
- plural
- barristers
barricade · A barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military…barrier · A structure that bars passage.Barrier · A surname from French.
barrister · A lawyer with the right to speak and argue as an advocate in higher lawcourts.
barrow · A hill.Barrow · A surname.barry · A field divided transversely into several equal parts, and…