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disbarred

disbarred is the simple past and past participle of disbar.

Meaning of disbar

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

Words formed from disbarred

Questions about disbarred

What is disbarred the simple past and past participle of?
Disbarred is the simple past and past participle of disbar.

Words near disbarred in the dictionary

  1. disbarking
  2. disbarks
  3. disbarment
  4. disbarments
  5. disbarrable
  6. disbarred
  7. disbarrer
  8. disbarrers
  9. disbarring
  10. disbarrings
  11. disbars

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