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barrister en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Australia) audio
  • /ˈbæɹ.ɪst.ə(ɹ)/ (UK)

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. (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:

Forms

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barristers Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

barristership · junior barrister · barristress · revising barrister · barristering · barristerial · utter barrister

Relateds

barristor

Translations (34)

de Barrister (lawyer with the right to speak as an advocate in higher lawcourts) · de Rechtsanwältin (lawyer with the right to speak as an advocate in higher lawcourts) · ja 弁護士 (lawyer with the right to speak as an advocate in higher lawcourts) · pt barrister (lawyer with the right to speak as an advocate in higher lawcourts) · uk адвока́т (lawyer with the right to speak as an advocate in higher lawcourts) · de Anwältin (lawyer with the right to speak as an advocate in higher lawcourts) · el συνηγόρος (lawyer with the right to speak as an advocate in higher lawcourts) · fi asianajaja (lawyer with the right to speak as an advocate in higher lawcourts) · th เนติบัณฑิต (lawyer with the right to speak as an advocate in higher lawcourts) · ru ба́рристер (lawyer with the right to speak as an advocate in higher lawcourts) · fr avocat (lawyer with the right to speak as an advocate in higher lawcourts) · uk ба́ристер (lawyer with the right to speak as an advocate in higher lawcourts) · pl adwokatka (lawyer with the right to speak as an advocate in higher lawcourts) · es legalista (lawyer with the right to speak as an advocate in higher lawcourts) · ru адвока́т (lawyer with the right to speak as an advocate in higher lawcourts) · nrf homme d'affaithes (lawyer with the right to speak as an advocate in higher lawcourts) · nrf avocat (lawyer with the right to speak as an advocate in higher lawcourts) · ga abhcóide (lawyer with the right to speak as an advocate in higher lawcourts) · fr avocate (lawyer with the right to speak as an advocate in higher lawcourts) · pl adwokat (lawyer with the right to speak as an advocate in higher lawcourts) · pdt Ofkot (lawyer with the right to speak as an advocate in higher lawcourts) · ro avocat (lawyer with the right to speak as an advocate in higher lawcourts) · is málafærslumaður (lawyer with the right to speak as an advocate in higher lawcourts) · et advokaat (lawyer with the right to speak as an advocate in higher lawcourts) · cmn 律師 /律师 (lawyer with the right to speak as an advocate in higher lawcourts) · cy bargyfreithiwr (lawyer with the right to speak as an advocate in higher lawcourts) · nl advocaat (lawyer with the right to speak as an advocate in higher lawcourts) · nl advocate (lawyer with the right to speak as an advocate in higher lawcourts) · de Rechtsanwalt (lawyer with the right to speak as an advocate in higher lawcourts) · eo advokato (lawyer with the right to speak as an advocate in higher lawcourts) · it avvocato (lawyer with the right to speak as an advocate in higher lawcourts) · ro avocată (lawyer with the right to speak as an advocate in higher lawcourts) · de Anwalt (lawyer with the right to speak as an advocate in higher lawcourts) · bg адвока́т (lawyer with the right to speak as an advocate in higher lawcourts)