The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word PREFECT which also is the latest solution we found used in Wall Street Journal in 2014.
Magistrate crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| PREFECT | 40 % | 7 |
| CADI | 20 % | 4 |
| TRIER | 20 % | 5 |
| JUDGE | 20 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Magistrate
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- judge
- jurist
- justice
- attorney
- judiciary
- prosecutor
- judicature
- judicial
- magistracy
- magistrature
- adjudicator
- governor
Crossword Answer definitions
PREFECT noun- An official of Ancient Rome who controlled or superintended a particular command, charge, department, etc.
- The head of a department in France.
- The head of a prefecture in Japan.
- A school pupil in a position of power over other pupils.
- A commander.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result PREFECT
- Authority figure
- Senior student given extra authority by the headmaster
- Magistrate
- Parisian police officer
- Ancient Roman magistrate
- Former Jesuit school official
- Officer.
- Chief magistrate
More clues leading to the result CADI
- Mohammedan magistrate
- Moslem judge
- Muslim judge (var.)
- Muslim magistrate
- Muslim judge
- Muslim official
- Magistrate.
- Mohammedan magistrate.
- Turkish magistrate.
- Judge, in Turkey.
More clues leading to the result TRIER
- Quality Assurance person, for one
- Sifting device
- Moselle River city
- Judge or juror
- Magistrate
- Director Lars von __
- Judge
- Judge, for one
- Danish filmmaker Lars von ___
- German city that celebrated its 2,000th birthday in 1984