Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

king's counsel

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.79 in modern English

Syllables: king's -coun-sel
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An honorific status officially conferred on senior or meritorious barristers (and occasionally other kinds of lawyer) during the reign of a king.

Canadian usage; New Zealand usage; British usage

noun

A barrister or advocate appointed by the Crown during the reign of a king.

British usage

Example Sentences

"When the case eventually came to court in December 1903, Wellcome’s team, headed by Moulton, contained three King’s Counsel; they had marshalled seventy-two witnesses and intimated that they could produce as many again."
"Arrayed in front of him was a very expensive line-up of London’s best legal brains. Each director had his own team of two, and in some cases three, defence barristers. Including two King’s Counsels who represented the Official Receiver, there were a dozen silks in court."

Etymology

king's + counsel

Usage

Inflected Forms

King's Counsels (plural) KC (abbreviation)

Phrases

Senior Counsel take silk

Frequently Paired Words

Senior Counsel take silk

Questions

What does king's counsel mean?: An honorific status officially conferred on senior or meritorious barristers (and occasionally other kinds of lawyer) during the reign of a king.
Where does king's counsel come from?: king's + counsel

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