barrister
barrister (bar-is-t[schwa]r), n. In England or Northern Ireland, a lawyer who is admitted to plead at the bar and who may argue cases in superior courts. • In many other Commonwealth nations, the legal profession is similarly divided into barristers and solicitors. Cf. SOLICITOR(4). — barristerial (bar-[ schwa]-steer-ee-[schwa]l), adj. inner barrister. 1. QUEEN’S COUNSEL. 2. […]