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disbar

/dɪsˈbɑː(ɹ)/

disbar verb: to expel from the bar, or the legal profession; to deprive (an attorney, barrister, or counselor) of his or her status and privileges as such.

Verb

disbar (third-person singular simple present disbars, present participle disbarring, simple past and past participle disbarred)

  1. (transitive) To expel from the bar, or the legal profession; to deprive (an attorney, barrister, or counselor) of his or her status and privileges as such.
  2. (transitive) To exclude (a person) from something.
    • The friends of Holmes have been criticising the action of the board in disbarring him on the ground that it was too severe […]1896, “Two More Disbarred: Bloomingston and Lowney Out of College Athletics; Action Taken by Board of Control Last Night”, in Detroit Free Press, page 6

disbar meaning in Tamil

disbar in Tamil

தகுதி நீக்கு, வழக்கறிஞர் தகுதி நீக்கு

Forms of disbar

third-person singular presentdisbars
present participledisbarring
past participledisbarred
pastdisbarred

Origin of disbar

From dis- + bar.

Words formed from disbar

Words that rhyme with disbar

48 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about disbar

What does disbar mean?
Disbar means to expel from the bar, or the legal profession; to deprive (an attorney, barrister, or counselor) of his or her status and privileges as such.
What is disbar in Tamil?
Disbar in Tamil is தகுதி நீக்கு, வழக்கறிஞர் தகுதி நீக்கு. See Disbar meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is disbar?
Disbar is a verb.
How do you pronounce disbar?
Disbar is pronounced /dɪsˈbɑː(ɹ)/ (UK).
What is the past tense of disbar?
The past tense of disbar is disbarred.

Words near disbar in the dictionary

  1. disbanding
  2. disbandings
  3. disbandment
  4. disbandments
  5. disbands
  6. disbar
  7. disbark
  8. disbarked
  9. disbarking
  10. disbarks
  11. disbarment

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Adapted from Wiktionary: disbar (page history and authors); disbar (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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