/
ˈmadʒɪstrət,
-streɪt/
n.
a civil officer who administers the law, especially one who conducts a court concerned with minor offences and holds preliminary hearings for more serious ones.
Derivative
- magistrature
/-trətʃə/
n.
Etymology
ME: from L. magistratus ‘administrator’, from magister ‘master’.
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