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bar⋅ris⋅ter

  [bar-uh-ster]
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–noun Law.
1. (in England) a lawyer who is a member of one of the Inns of Court and who has the privilege of pleading in the higher courts. Compare solicitor (def. 4).
2. Informal. any lawyer.
Origin:
1535–45; deriv. of bar 1 , perh. after obs. legister lawyer or minister

Related forms:
bar⋅ris⋅te⋅ri⋅al  [bar-uh-steer-ee-uhl] , adjective
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bar·ris·ter   (bār'ĭ-stər)   
n.   Chiefly British
A lawyer admitted to plead at the bar in the superior courts.

[Probably blend of bar1 and obsolete legister, legist; see legist.]
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Word Origin & History

barrister 
1545, "a student of law who has been called to the bar," from bar (q.v.) in the legal sense. Also see attorney.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: bar·ris·ter
Pronunciation: 'bar-&-st&r
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English barrester, from barre bar + -ster (as in legister lawyer)
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
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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