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Plural of barrister

regular plural

The plural of barrister is barristers.

Forms of barrister

Singularbarrister /ˈbæɹ.ɪst.ə(ɹ)/
Pluralbarristers
Countablecountable

Barristers in a sentence

  • Postmen, binmen, dock workers, even barristers are now on strike.2022 September 7, Philip Haigh, “Comment: More strikes and poor morale”, in RAIL, number 965, page 3
  • Barristers who are members of another Inn may join Lincoln's Inn as an ad eundem member.From the entry ad eundem
  • It is the duty of the individual juror to strive to avoid any misappreciation of the evidence, no matter how it is represented by the barristers.From the entry misappreciation
  • Britain faces a hugely costly settling of accounts, whatever parti pris barristers may advise.2017 March 26, “The Observer view on triggering article 50”, in The Observer, →ISSN. From the entry parti pris
  • Each director had his own team of two, and in some cases three, defence barristers.2011, Martin Vander Weyer, “[Misfeasance] Wilful Neglect?”, in Fortune’s Spear: The Story of the Blue-Blooded Rogue Behind the Most…. From the entry King's Counsel

Meaning of barrister

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

Full definition of barrister

Questions about the plural of barrister

What is the plural of barrister?
The plural of barrister is barristers.
Is barrister countable?
Barrister is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: barrister (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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