magistrate
See also: Magistrate
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin magistrātus.
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Noun edit
magistrate (plural magistrates)
- (law) A judicial officer with limited authority to administer and enforce the law. A magistrate's court may have jurisdiction in civil or criminal cases, or both.
- (historical) A high official of the state or a municipality in ancient Greece or Rome.
- (historical, by extension) A comparable official in medieval or modern institutions.
- (Quebec) A master's degree.
Synonyms edit
- (judicial officer): justiciary
- (master's degree): See master's degree
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judicial officer
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high official Greece / Rome
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magistrate
- plural of magistraat
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magistrate f (plural magistrates)
- female equivalent of magistrat: female magistrate