barrister

Etymology

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

noun

  1. (chiefly UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand) A lawyer with the right to speak and argue as an advocate in higher lawcourts.
    Postmen, binmen, dock workers, even barristers are now on strike. Where will all this end? September 7 2022, Philip Haigh, “Comment: More strikes and poor morale”, in RAIL, number 965, page 3

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