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jurist

/ˈd͡ʒʊəɹ.ɪst/US/ˈd͡ʒəɹ.ɪst/

jurist noun: an expert of law or someone who researches jurisprudence.

Noun

jurist (plural jurists)

  1. An expert of law or someone who researches jurisprudence.
    • distinguished jurist
    • eminent jurist
  2. (Canada, US) A judge.

jurist meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali

jurist in Tamil

சட்ட அறிஞர், சட்ட இயலர், சட்ட இயல் வல்லுநர், சட்ட வல்லுநர், வழக்கறிஞர்

jurist in Marathi

expert of law
न्यायाधिकारी nyāyādhikārī

jurist in Urdu

فقیہ, قانون دان, واقف قانون, وکیل

jurist in Bengali

আইনবিদ, আইনজ্ঞ
More languagesFewer languages
jurist in Kannada
ನ್ಯಾಯಶಾಸ್ತ್ರಜ್ಞ, ಕಾನೂನು ತಜ್ಞ, ನ್ಯಾಯಶಾಸ್ತ್ರ ವಿಶಾರದ, ನ್ಯಾಯಶಾಸ್ತ್ರ ಪರಿಣತ
jurist in Persian
حقوقشناس hoquq-šenâs
jurist in Thai
นักกฎหมาย nák-gòt-mǎai

Examples of jurist in a sentence

  • constitutional jurist
  • comparative-law jurist
  • The distinguished jurist wrote extensively on constitutional law.
  • As a jurist, she was respected for her impartiality.
  • The young lawyer hoped to become a renowned jurist one day.
  • Jurists, who as time went on were increasingly less likely to be priests themselves, became a cross between legal academics, legal consultants and public servants, working without payment.2025 October, Nichloas Stone, “An Exceedingly Short Introduction to Roman Law”, in Antigone, archived from the original on 01 Oct 2025:

Forms of jurist

pluraljurists

Plural of jurist: jurists

Origin of jurist

From Middle French juriste.

Words formed from jurist

Questions about jurist

What does jurist mean?
Jurist means an expert of law or someone who researches jurisprudence.
What is jurist in Tamil?
Jurist in Tamil is சட்ட அறிஞர், சட்ட இயலர், சட்ட இயல் வல்லுநர். See Jurist meaning in Tamil.
How do you use jurist in a sentence?
constitutional jurist
What part of speech is jurist?
Jurist is a noun.
How do you pronounce jurist?
Jurist is pronounced /ˈd͡ʒʊəɹ.ɪst/ (UK).
What is the plural of jurist?
The plural of jurist is jurists.

Words near jurist in the dictionary

  1. jurisprudentially
  2. jurisprudents
  3. jurisprudes
  4. jurisprudist
  5. jurisprudists
  6. jurist
  7. juristic
  8. juristic act
  9. juristic acts
  10. juristic person
  11. juristic persons

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: jurist (page history and authors); jurist (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); jurist (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); jurist (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); jurist (Kannada 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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