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barrister

noun
/ˈbæɹ.ɪst.ə(ɹ)/UK

Etymology

From bar (a collective term for lawyers or the legal profession) and the suffix -ster.

Definitions

  1. A lawyer with the right to speak and argue as an advocate in higher lawcourts.

    • Postmen, binmen, dock workers, even barristers are now on strike. Where will all this end?

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at barrister. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01barrister02advocate03support04provide05money06guarantee07legal08lawyers09lawyer

A definitional loop anchored at barrister. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at barrister

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA