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mag·is·trate \-ˌstrāt, -_strə̇t, usu -d.+V\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English magistrat, from Latin magistratus, from magistr-, magister master + -atus -ate — more at master : a public official entrusted with administration of the laws: as a. : a principal official exercising governmental especially executive powers over a major political unit (as a nation) < the president of the federal council … and the vice-president are the first magistrates of the confederation — Statesman's Year Book > b. : a local official exercising administrative and often judicial functions < the magistrate in South Africa is … the senior representative of the government in his district — Leo Marquard > c. : a local judiciary official having limited original jurisdiction especially in criminal cases: (1) : justice of the peace (2) : the judge of a police court |