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Barrister

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A lawyer with the right to speak and argue as an advocate in higher lawcourts. Australia, Ireland, New-Zealand, UK

    "Postmen, binmen, dock workers, even barristers are now on strike. Where will all this end?"

  2. 2
    a British or Canadian lawyer who speaks in the higher courts of law on behalf of either the defense or prosecution wordnet

Etymology

From bar (a collective term for lawyers or the legal profession) and the suffix -ster.

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