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COUNSEL TO THE CROWN
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A barrister selected to serve as counsel to the British ruler
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Counsel to the Crown" is a kind of...):
barrister (a British or Canadian lawyer who speaks in the higher courts of law on behalf of either the defense or prosecution)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Counsel to the Crown"):
King's Counsel (Counsel to the Crown when the British monarch is a king)
Queen's Counsel (Counsel to the Crown when the British monarch is a queen)