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barrister

[ bar-uh-ster ]

noun

, Law.
  1. (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 ).
  2. Informal. any lawyer.


barrister

/ ˈbærɪstə /

noun

  1. Also calledbarrister-at-law (in England) a lawyer who has been called to the bar and is qualified to plead in the higher courts Compare solicitor See also advocate counsel
  2. (in Canada) a lawyer who pleads in court
  3. a less common word for lawyer
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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  • bar·ris·te·ri·al [bar-, uh, -, steer, -ee-, uh, l], adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of barrister1

1535–45; derivative of bar 1, perhaps after obsolete legister lawyer or minister
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Word History and Origins

Origin of barrister1

C16: from bar 1
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Example Sentences

In 1979, Andrew’s Alternative Miss World contest fought off legal action from another event with the help of a budding young defense barrister – future British Prime Minister Tony Blair.

Alamuddin was invited to become a barrister, an elite group of British lawyers, in 2010.

The dean told him face to face that Africans lacked the innate skills necessary to become a barrister.

It tells the story a British barrister, a criminal lawyer, in mid-life crisis.

Cherie Blair is a leading international barrister specializing in human-rights law.

The founder, Motilal Nehru, an Anglophile barrister, was a liberal member of the Indian nationalist movement.

From the dinner they proceeded to another place or two; and on getting home, towards one in the morning, there was the barrister.

"I never had a letter in my life but I turned it over to make sure," observed the more careful barrister.

Here—stop and look—is the epitaph of one, a considerable fellow in his day, a barrister of the Middle Temple.

He sent the barrister into the drawing room, went upstairs for Anne, and brought her in on his arm.

To the barrister's surprise, a well-dressed and really rather gentlemanly man entered.

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Barriosbarrister and solicitor