Queen's Counsel

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Noun

Queen's Counsel (abbreviation QC)

1. (UK) a barrister or advocate appointed by the Crown (when the monarch is a queen)
2. In Canada, an honorific status conferred by the federal or provincial governments to senior or meritorious lawyers.

Related terms

• King's Counsel (when the monarch is a king).

Translations

a barrister (UK)

• German: Kronanwalt (de) m, Kronanwältin (de) f
• Volapük: (of the crown ♂♀) kronalavogan (vo), (♂) kronahilavogan (vo), (♀) kronajilavogan (vo)

an honorific status (Canada)

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• French: conseiller de la Reine