magistrate

magistrate

See also: Magistrate

English

Etymology

From Latin magistratus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmæd͡ʒɪstɹeɪt/, /ˈmæd͡ʒɪstɹət/

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• Hyphenation: ma‧gis‧trate

Noun

magistrate (plural magistrates)

1. (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.
2. (historical) A high official of the state or a municipality in ancient Greece or Rome.
3. (historical, by extension) A comparable official in medieval or modern institutions.
4. (Quebec) A master's degree.

Synonyms

• (judicial officer): justiciary
• (master's degree): See master's degree

Derived terms

• chief magistrate
• magistracy

Translations

judicial officer

Bulgarian: съдия (bg) m (sǎdija), магистрат (bg) m (magistrat) Chinese: Mandarin: 地方法官 (dìfāng fǎguān), 裁判官 (zh) (cáipànguān) Dutch: magistraat (nl) m Egyptian: (sr) Esperanto: magistrato Estonian: magistraat Finnish: maistraatti (fi) (in foreign contexts; not equivalent in Finland) French: magistrat (fr) m Galician: maxistrado m Greek: δικαστής (el) m or f (dikastís) Hindi: मजिस्ट्रेट (hi) m (majisṭreṭ) Hungarian: rendőrbíró, békebíró (hu), bíró (hu), elöljáró (hu) Indonesian: magistrat (id) Italian: magistrato (it) m Japanese: 治安判事 (ちあんはんじ, chi'an-hanji) Latin: magistratus (la) Malay: majistret Norman: magistrat m Piedmontese: magistrà m Portuguese: magistrado (pt) m Romanian: magistrat (ro) m or f Russian: (мирово́й) судья́ (ru) m (sudʹjá) Scottish Gaelic: bàillidh m Spanish: magistrado (es) m, togado (es) Swahili: hakimu (sw) Swedish: magistrat (sv) Turkish: sulh hakimi Welsh: ynad (cy) m

high official Greece / Rome

Hungarian: magisztrátus Norwegian: Bokmål: magistrat m Nynorsk: magistrat m

Anagrams

• sterigmata

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Afrikaans

Noun

magistrate

1. plural of magistraat

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.ʒis.tʁat/
• Hyphenation: ma‧gis‧tra‧te

Noun

magistrate f (plural magistrates, masculine magistrat)

1. female equivalent of magistrat: female magistrate