GRE Word List
BARRISTER
a counsel admitted to plead at the bar and undertake the public trial of causes in an English superior court compare solicitor
The meaning of the word barrister is a counsel admitted to plead at the bar and undertake the public trial of causes in an English superior court compare solicitor.
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