Barrister Definition

bărĭ-stər
barristers
noun
A lawyer who is authorized to appear and present cases at any court in a jurisdiction.
American Heritage
In England, a qualified member of the legal profession who presents and pleads cases in court; counselor-at-law.
Webster's New World

In England, a lawyer who argues cases in court. See also solicitor.

Webster's New World Law
In the United States, a lawyer.
Webster's New World Law
The definition of a barrister is a lawyer; in England it is specifically one who can plead cases in court.
An example of a barrister is the character of Mark Darcy in the book and movie Bridget Jones' Diary.
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Other Word Forms of Barrister

Noun

Singular:
barrister
Plural:
barristers

Origin of Barrister

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

    From Wiktionary

  • Probably blend of bar obsolete legister legist legist

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Barrister Sentence Examples

  • The barrister sits without a jury.

  • Brodie, barrister, and nephew of Sir Benjamin C. Brodie, was born in London in 1815.

  • His work as a barrister was chiefly concerned with pedigree cases before the House of Lords.

  • The last holder of the office of standing counsel to the admiralty was Alexander Staveley Hill, K.C.,M.P. Since his death the office, like those of the king's or queen's advocate and the admiralty advocate, has not been filled up; and the ordinary law officers of the crown with the assistance of a junior counsel to the admiralty (a barrister appointed by the attorney-general) perform the duties of all these offices.

  • After his return to Amsterdam in 1824 Thorbecke wrote his first political work of any importance, Bedenkingen aangaande het Recht en den Staat (" Objections anent Law and the State"), which by its close reasoning and its legal acumen at once drew attention to the young barrister, and procured him in 1825 a chair as professor in Ghent University.

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