Synonyms for jurist
ˈdʒʊər ɪstju·rist

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1. jurist, legal expertnoun

   a legal scholar versed in civil law or the law of nations

   Synonyms:
   justice, judge, legal expert

2. judge, justice, juristnoun

   a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice

   Synonyms:
   justice, judge, legal expert, evaluator, justness

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1. juristnoun

   Synonyms:
   civilian, jurisconsult, lawyer, counsellor

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1. List of paraphrases for "jurist":

   jurists, lawyer

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1. William Burck:

   As a Republican, I hope Judge Jackson will garner substantial bipartisan support because she deserves to be judged on her personal merits which overwhelmingly weigh in favor of confirmation, too often over the past several decades, Bidens Supreme Court nominations have descended into bitter partisan conflict and White House surrogates lose sight of the most important qualities in a jurist.

2. President Barack Obama for appointment:

   In the meantime, the American people are going to have the ability to gauge whether the person I've nominated is well within the mainstream, is a good jurist, is somebody who's worthy to sit on the Supreme Court, i think it will be very difficult for Mr. McConnell to explain how, if the public concludes that this person's very well qualified, that the Senate should stand in the way simply for political reasons.

3. James Clyburn:

   We have two Republican senators from South Carolina, both of them know Michelle very well and both of them have spoken highly of her and the Republicans all over this state because she's an outstanding jurist.

4. Sam Erman:

   I've never met anyone with more integrity who was a straighter shooter than he was, he is very smart, careful and fair. He is careful smart and fair jurist.

5. Vice President Joe Biden:

   The Senate gets to have a say, and so in order to get this done, the President is not going to be able to go out -- nor would it be his instinct anyway -- to pick the most liberal jurist in the nation and put them on the court. There are plenty of judges on high courts already who have had unanimous support of the Republicans.