Dictionary

magistrate en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈmæd͡ʒ.ɪˌstɹeɪt/
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• /ˈmæd͡ʒ.ɪ.stɹɪt/

Etymology

From Middle English magistrat, maiestrat (“magistrate; magistracy”), borrowed from Latin magistrātus. See also -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office).

Meanings

1. A judicial officer with limited authority to administer and enforce the law. A magistrate's court may have jurisdiction in civil or criminal cases, or both.
   • In any case, however, I saw that part of her injuries might easily have been redressed, and I urged her often and earnestly to lay her complaint before a magistrate. 1821, Thomas De Quincey, Confessions of an English Opium-Eater:
2. (historical) A high official of the state or a municipality in ancient Greece or Rome.
3. (broadly) A comparable official in medieval or modern institutions.
   • Like other civil servants, Ashok Kumar started his career as an Assistant Collector cum Sub-divisional Magistrate.
4. (Quebec) A master's degree.

Forms

Deriveds

magistratical · unmagistrate · chief magistrate · magistratic · committing magistrate · examining magistrate · magistracy · magistrateship · Glasgow magistrate · magistrates' court · police magistrate

Relateds

magister · mister · master

Synonyms

master's degree (master's degree) · justiciary (judicial officer)

Translations (48)

la magistratus (judicial officer) · el δικαστής (judicial officer) · nl magistraat (judicial officer) · ka მაგისტრატი (high official Greece / Rome) · hu bíró (judicial officer) · ru судья́ (judicial officer) · hu rendőrbíró (judicial officer) · tr sulh hakimi (judicial officer) · hi मजिस्ट्रेट (judicial officer) · nrf magistrat (judicial officer) · es magistrado (judicial officer) · hu magisztrátus (high official Greece / Rome) · gd bàillidh (judicial officer) · pms magistrà (judicial officer) · fr magistrat (judicial officer) · bg съдия (judicial officer) · id magistrat (judicial officer) · cmn 地方法官 (judicial officer) · de Friedensrichter (judicial officer) · hu elöljáró (judicial officer) · et magistraat (judicial officer) · de Magistrat (judicial officer) · ms majistret (judicial officer) · eo magistrato (judicial officer) · fi maistraatti (judicial officer) · ta ஆட்சியர் (judicial officer) · bg магистрат (judicial officer) · es togado (judicial officer) · gl maxistrado (judicial officer) · cy ynad (judicial officer) · egy s-r-A21 (judicial officer) · cmn 推事 (judicial officer) · it magistrato (judicial officer) · sv magistrat (judicial officer) · pl magistrat (judicial officer) · hu békebíró (judicial officer) · sw hakimu (judicial officer) · nn magistrat (high official Greece / Rome) · tl mahistrado (judicial officer) · pl magistrat (high official Greece / Rome) · ro magistrat (judicial officer) · ja 治安判事 (judicial officer) · nb magistrat (high official Greece / Rome) · de Richter (judicial officer) · mi kaiwhakawā (judicial officer) · es podestá (judicial officer) · cmn 裁判官 (judicial officer) · pt magistrado (judicial officer)