Barrister

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  • noun. A lawyer who is authorized to appear and present cases at any court in a jurisdiction.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A counselor or an advocate learned in the law, admitted to plead at the bar in protection and defense of clients: called in full a barrister at law.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Counselor at law; a counsel admitted to plead at the bar, and undertake the public trial of causes, as distinguished from an attorney or solicitor. See attorney.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A lawyer with the right to speak and argue as an advocate in higher lawcourts.
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  • noun. a British or Canadian lawyer who speaks in the higher courts of law on behalf of either the defense or prosecution
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