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Origin
From bar (a collective term for lawyers or the legal profession) and the suffix -ster.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian адвока́т
- адвока́т (advokát)lawyer with the right to speak as an advocate in higher lawcourts
Chinese Mandarin 律師 /律师
- 律師 /律师 (lǜshī)lawyer with the right to speak as an advocate in higher lawcourts
Dutch advocaat, advocate
- advocaatlawyer with the right to speak as an advocate in higher lawcourts
- advocatelawyer with the right to speak as an advocate in higher lawcourts
Esperanto advokato
- advokatolawyer with the right to speak as an advocate in higher lawcourts
Estonian advokaat
- advokaatlawyer with the right to speak as an advocate in higher lawcourts
Finnish asianajaja
- asianajajalawyer with the right to speak as an advocate in higher lawcourts
French avocat, avocate
- avocatlawyer with the right to speak as an advocate in higher lawcourts
- avocatelawyer with the right to speak as an advocate in higher lawcourts
German Barrister, Anwalt
- Barristerlawyer with the right to speak as an advocate in higher lawcourts
- Anwaltlawyer with the right to speak as an advocate in higher lawcourts
- Anwältinlawyer with the right to speak as an advocate in higher lawcourts
- Rechtsanwaltlawyer with the right to speak as an advocate in higher lawcourts
- Rechtsanwältinlawyer with the right to speak as an advocate in higher lawcourts
Greek συνηγόρος
- συνηγόρος (synigóros)lawyer with the right to speak as an advocate in higher lawcourts
Icelandic málafærslumaður
- málafærslumaðurlawyer with the right to speak as an advocate in higher lawcourts
Irish abhcóide
- abhcóidelawyer with the right to speak as an advocate in higher lawcourts
Italian avvocato
- avvocatolawyer with the right to speak as an advocate in higher lawcourts
Japanese 弁護士
- 弁護士 (bengoshi)lawyer with the right to speak as an advocate in higher lawcourts
Polish adwokat, adwokatka
- adwokatlawyer with the right to speak as an advocate in higher lawcourts
- adwokatkalawyer with the right to speak as an advocate in higher lawcourts
Portuguese barrister
- barristerlawyer with the right to speak as an advocate in higher lawcourts
Romanian avocat, avocată
- avocatlawyer with the right to speak as an advocate in higher lawcourts
- avocatălawyer with the right to speak as an advocate in higher lawcourts
Russian адвока́т, ба́рристер
- адвока́т (advokát)lawyer with the right to speak as an advocate in higher lawcourts
- ба́рристер (bárristɛr)lawyer with the right to speak as an advocate in higher lawcourts
Spanish legalista
- legalistalawyer with the right to speak as an advocate in higher lawcourts
Thai เนติบัณฑิต
- เนติบัณฑิต (nee-dtì-ban-dìt)lawyer with the right to speak as an advocate in higher lawcourts
Ukrainian адвока́т, ба́ристер
- адвока́т (advokát)lawyer with the right to speak as an advocate in higher lawcourts
- ба́ристер (báryster)lawyer with the right to speak as an advocate in higher lawcourts
Welsh bargyfreithiwr
- bargyfreithiwrlawyer with the right to speak as an advocate in higher lawcourts
Cite this entry
APA
barrister. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/barrister
MLA
“barrister.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/barrister. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “barrister,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/barrister.
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