barrister

see definition of barrister

nounattorney

Synonyms for barrister

noun attorney

counsel

noun. legal representative

jurist

noun. jurisprudent

lawyer

noun. person who is trained to counsel or argue in cases of law

lawyers

noun. person who is trained to counsel or argue in cases of law

solicitor

noun. attorney

Word Origin & History

1540s, "a student of law who has been called to the bar," from bar (n.3) in the legal sense + -ster. Also see attorney. The second element is obscure.

Example Sentences for barrister

He's a schoolmaster and a barrister and a poet and heaven knows what not.

The last sentence in the barrister's letter begins with "I despair."

Daily habit familiarises us with the acting of the barrister.

And whilst I toyed with her charming daughter, she sent for a barrister.

He also calls himself a barrister, though he is such only in his own imagination.

The idea was that I should study Law and come back a barrister.

My son Henri is a barrister; he comes to see me twice a year.

He is a barrister—and I thought he only wrote in the Quarterlies.

There is a London barrister whose father belonged to the club.

Was her feeling merely that of a barrister who would argue as well on one side as the other?