Barristering

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The activity of working as a barrister uncountable

    "Somehow, despite the demands of his chosen careers — a “schizoid business of being a writer who had barristering as a day job,” he said — Mr. Mortimer also found time to pursue his lifelong interest in women, write for newspapers and keep up the garden nurtured by his father[…]."

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"Somehow, despite the demands of his chosen careers — a “schizoid business of being a writer who had barristering as a day job,” he said — Mr. Mortimer also found time to pursue his lifelong interest in women, write for newspapers and keep up the garden nurtured by his father[…]."

Etymology

From barrister + -ing.

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