jurist

jurist

noun

Definition of JURIST

a public official having authority to decide questions of law <earned a reputation as one of the most learned jurists in the federal courts>

Synonyms adjudicator, beak [chiefly British], bench, court, jurist, justice, magistrate

Related Words chief justice, circuit judge, justice of the peace, squire; auditor, master; jurisconsult, jurisprudent