barrister

The definition of a barrister is a lawyer; in England it is specifically one who can plead cases in court.

(noun)

An example of a barrister is the character of Mark Darcy in the book and movie Bridget Jones' Diary.

See barrister in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

in England, a qualified member of the legal profession who presents and pleads cases in court; counselor-at-law

Origin: < bar () + -ister, as in minister, chorister

See barrister in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
Chiefly British

A lawyer admitted to plead at the bar in the superior courts.

Origin:

Origin: Probably blend of bar¹

Origin: and obsolete legister, legist; see legist

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