Definitions for jurist

jurist ju·rist

Spelling: [joo r-ist]
IPA: /ˈdʒʊər ɪst/

Jurist is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 73 anagrams from letters in jurist (ijrstu).

Definitions for jurist

noun

  1. a person versed in the law, as a judge, lawyer, or scholar.

Origin of jurist

1475-85; French juriste Medieval Latin jūrist(a). See jus, -ist

Examples for jurist

A man must be a jurist and a statesman to understand the Jesuits.

For Melius petere fontes, the jurist as well as the poet has it.

It's about time, argues former top U.N. jurist Geoffrey Robertson.

Daniel Webster, the celebrated American statesman, jurist, and orator.

It also gives the clearest picture of the type of jurist Kagan may become.

I never realized till then what imagination a jurist's head could contain.

The Asterisk Rule contradicts everything I believe in as a jurist.

He was well known as an astronomer, mathematician, and jurist.

Schweigaard the first jurist in Norway, was speaking as we entered.

Posner is generally believed to be the most prolific and most-quoted legal academic and jurist of his generation.

Word Value for jurist
Scrable

13

Words with friends

16

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