barrister
noun
bar·ris·ter
ˈber-ə-stər 
ˈba-rə-
: a counsel admitted to plead at the bar and undertake the public trial of causes in an English superior court compare solicitor
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CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2025
Team Scott hired a prominent Australian barrister named John Agius, who challenged any testimony that lent credence to the suicide theory.
—Eren Orbey, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
The 60-year-old presenter has engaged Lawrence Power, a barrister at Whitestone Chambers, to fight his corner.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2025
The Townsend family have employed their own barrister in an effort to get to the truth.
—Steve Madeley, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2025
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barrister
noun
bar·ris·ter
ˈbar-ə-stər
1
: a lawyer who argues cases before a British court
especially
: one who is allowed to argue before a British high court compare solicitor
Note: Many countries in the Commonwealth (as England and Australia) and the Republic of Ireland divide the legal profession into barristers and solicitors. In Canada, every lawyer is both a barrister and a solicitor, although individual lawyers may describe themselves as one or the other. Scotland uses the term advocate to refer to lawyers allowed to argue cases in its courts.
2
: lawyer
Etymology
Middle English barrester, from barre bar + -ster (as in legister lawyer)
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