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barrister
OXFORD DICTIONARY
barrister, n. (in full barrister-at-law)
1 Brit. a person called to the bar and entitled to practise as an advocate in the higher courts.
2 US a lawyer.
1 Brit. a person called to the bar and entitled to practise as an advocate in the higher courts.
2 US a lawyer.
Etymology
16th c.: f. BAR(1), perh. after minister
THESAURUS
barrister
advocate, agent, amicus curiae, attorney, attorney-at-law, barrister-at-law, counsel, counselor, counselor-at-law, deputy, friend at court, intercessor, lawyer, legal adviser, legal counselor, legal expert, legal practitioner, legalist, mouthpiece, pleader, proctor, procurator, sea lawyer, self-styled lawyer, solicitorROGET THESAURUS
barrister
Lawyer
N lawyer, attorney, legal counsel, counsel, counsellor, counsellor at law, attorney at law, jurist, legist, civilian, pundit, publicist, juris consult, legal adviser, advocate, barrister, barrister at law, King's or Queen's counsel, K, C, Q, C, silk gown, leader, sergeant-at-law, bencher, tubman, judge, bar, legal profession, bar association, association of trial lawyers, officer of the court, gentleman of the long robe, junior bar, outer bar, inner bar, equity draftsman, conveyancer, pleader, special pleader, solicitor, proctor, notary, notary public, scrivener, cursitor, writer, writer to the signet, S, S, C, limb of the law, pettifogger, vakil, legal beagle, legal secretary, legal assistant, law student, learned in the law, at the bar, forensic, esquire, esquired, banco regis.For further exploring for "barrister" in Webster Dictionary Online