barrister

[ bar-uh-ster ]

/ ˈbær ə stər /

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noun Law.

(in England) a lawyer who is a member of one of the Inns of Court and who has the privilege of pleading in the higher courts.Compare solicitor (def. 4).

Informal. any lawyer.

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Origin of barrister

1535–45; derivative of bar¹, perhaps after obsolete legister lawyer or minister

OTHER WORDS FROM barrister

bar·ris·te·ri·al

[bar-uh-steer-ee-uhl], /ˌbær əˈstɪər i əl/, adjective

Words nearby barrister

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How to use barrister in a sentence

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Alamuddin was invited to become a barrister, an elite group of British lawyers, in 2010.
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The dean told him face to face that Africans lacked the innate skills necessary to become a barrister.
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It tells the story a British barrister, a criminal lawyer, in mid-life crisis.
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Cherie Blair is a leading international barrister specializing in human-rights law.
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The founder, Motilal Nehru, an Anglophile barrister, was a liberal member of the Indian nationalist movement.
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From the dinner they proceeded to another place or two; and on getting home, towards one in the morning, there was the barrister.
Elster's Folly|Mrs. Henry Wood
"I never had a letter in my life but I turned it over to make sure," observed the more careful barrister.
Elster's Folly|Mrs. Henry Wood
Here—stop and look—is the epitaph of one, a considerable fellow in his day, a barrister of the Middle Temple.
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He sent the barrister into the drawing room, went upstairs for Anne, and brought her in on his arm.
Elster's Folly|Mrs. Henry Wood
To the barrister's surprise, a well-dressed and really rather gentlemanly man entered.
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British Dictionary definitions for barrister

barrister

/ (ˈbærɪstə) /

noun

Also called: barrister-at-law (in England) a lawyer who has been called to the bar and is qualified to plead in the higher courtsCompare solicitor See also advocate, counsel

(in Canada) a lawyer who pleads in court

US a less common word for lawyer

Word Origin for barrister

C16: from bar 1

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