Definitions
Local judge or civil official with legal authority.
Word origin
From Middle English magistrat, maiestrat (“magistrate; magistracy”), borrowed from Latin magistrātus. See also -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office).
Used in a sentence
“In any case, however, I saw that part of her injuries might easily have been redressed, and I urged her often and earnestly to lay her complaint before a magistrate.”
“Like other civil servants, Ashok Kumar started his career as an Assistant Collector cum Sub-divisional Magistrate.”
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