(Ireland, Hong Kong, Commonwealth, _, outside of the realm, law) An honorific status officially conferred on senior or meritorious barristers (and occasionally other kinds of lawyer).
The two Senior Counsels, who were very familiar with each other, were addressing one another as ‘Mister’, while I was addressing both by their Christian names.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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