magistrate

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. 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.
    — In any case, however, I saw that part of her injuries might easily have been redressed, and I urged her often and earnestly to lay her complaint before a magistrate.
  2. A high official of the state or a municipality in ancient Greece or Rome. historical
  3. A comparable official in medieval or modern institutions. broadly
    — Like other civil servants, Ashok Kumar started his career as an Assistant Collector cum Sub-divisional Magistrate.
  4. A master's degree. Quebec

词形变化

magistrates plural

词汇关系

衍生词
chief magistrate committing magistrate examining magistrate Glasgow magistrate magistracy magistrates' court magistrateship magistratic magistratical police magistrate unmagistrate
相关词
magister master mister

词源

From Middle English magistrat, maiestrat (“magistrate; magistracy”), borrowed from Latin magistrātus. See also -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office).
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