Definition of "sergeant-at-law" []

• An English barrister of the highest rank (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "The sergeant-at-law, Pound dryly observed, “would thoroughly understand a modern industrial commission.”"
• "Joseph Girdler, sergeant-at-law of the Inner Temple, complained in 1733 that his fathers estate was being devoured by the mad doctors, with Dr James Monro demanding 130 for treatment, while Girdler thought him not worth a quarter of that sum."
• "The novel, which is the first to be published under the author's real name, follows Sir Richard Lee, sergeant-at-law, who is sent to Sandal Castle in 1322 by King Edward II."