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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary
bar·ris·ter
 \\ˈber-ə-stər, ˈba-rə-\\ noun
 ETYMOLOGY  Middle English barrester, from barre bar + -ster (as in legister lawyer)
 DATE  15th century
: a counsel admitted to plead at the bar and undertake the public trial of causes in an English superior court — compare 
solicitor
English Etymology
barrister
  1540s, "a student of law who has been called to the bar," from bar (3) in the legal sense. Also see attorney.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English
Oxford Collocations dictionary for students of English


barrister 
noun 

ADJ. brilliant, good, leading, successful, top | practising, qualified | junior, trainee | defence/defending, prosecuting/prosecution 

PREP. ~ for the barrister for the ferry company 
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PROFESSIONAL
(for verbs) 

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7
barrister
bar·ris·ter 5bAristE(r) / noun   a lawyer in Britain who has the right to argue cases in the higher courts of law
   大律师,出庭律师,辩护律师(在英国有资格出席高等法庭进行辩护)
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lawyer
OLT
barrister noun
⇨ lawyer
Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged
bar·ris·ter
\ˈbarə̇stə(r)\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: bar (I) + -i- + -ster
1. : a counsel admitted to plead at the bar and undertake the public trial of causes in an English superior court : 
counselor-at-law
 — distinguished from solicitor; see 
lawyer
; compare 
advocate
attorney

2. : 
lawyer
attorney

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