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"word": "barrister"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "lawyer with the right to speak as an advocate in higher lawcourts",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "avocat"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "lawyer with the right to speak as an advocate in higher lawcourts",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "avocată"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "advokát",
"sense": "lawyer with the right to speak as an advocate in higher lawcourts",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "адвока́т"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"english": "Anglophone countries",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "bárristɛr",
"sense": "lawyer with the right to speak as an advocate in higher lawcourts",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ба́рристер"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "lawyer with the right to speak as an advocate in higher lawcourts",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "legalista"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "nee-dtì-ban-dìt",
"sense": "lawyer with the right to speak as an advocate in higher lawcourts",
"word": "เนติบัณฑิต"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "advokát",
"sense": "lawyer with the right to speak as an advocate in higher lawcourts",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "адвока́т"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "báryster",
"sense": "lawyer with the right to speak as an advocate in higher lawcourts",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ба́ристер"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "lawyer with the right to speak as an advocate in higher lawcourts",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bargyfreithiwr"
}
],
"word": "barrister"
}
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