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Noun jurist has 2 senses
- jurist, legal expert - a legal scholar versed in civil law or the law of nations
--1 is a kind of expert
--1 has particulars: | mufti; Bentham, Jeremy Bentham; Holmes, Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.; Hughes, Charles Evans Hughes; Jay, John Jay; Marshall, John Marshall; Rehnquist, William Rehnquist, William Hubbs Rehnquist; Stone, Harlan Fiske Stone; Vinson, Frederick Moore Vinson; Warren, Earl Warren |
- judge, justice, jurist, magistrate - a public official authorized to decide questions bought before a court of justice
--2 is a kind of official, functionary; adjudicator
--2 has particulars:
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