barrister

English Thesaurus

1. a British or Canadian lawyer who speaks in the higher courts of law on behalf of either the defense or prosecution (noun.person)

hypernym	:	attorney, lawyer,
definition	:	a professional person authorized to practice law; conducts lawsuits or gives legal advice (noun.person)

hyponym	:	counsel to the crown,
definition	:	a barrister selected to serve as counsel to the British ruler (noun.person)

hyponym	:	sergeant, sergeant-at-law, serjeant, serjeant-at-law,
definition	:	an English barrister of the highest rank (noun.person)

domain category	:	jurisprudence, law,
definition	:	the collection of rules imposed by authority (noun.group)