barrister
nounUK /ˈbæɹ.ɪst.ə(ɹ)/
Etymology From bar (a collective term for lawyers or the legal profession) and the suffix -ster.
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Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, UK 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?2022 September 7, Philip Haigh, “Comment: More strikes and poor morale”, in RAIL, number 965, page 3:
- Derived terms
- barristerial, barristering, barristership, barristress, junior barrister, revising barrister, utter barrister
- Related terms
- barristor