[f. CIRCUIT + -EER.]
1. spec. A judge or barrister on circuit.
a. 1734. North, Lives, I. 96. Here we drop our circuiteer; which character lasted till his lordship was made … solicitor general.
1810. Ld. Campbell, in Life, I. 244. The Oxford circuiteers are accomplished gentlemen, but no lawyers.
2. gen. One who makes a circuit.
1718. Pope, Lett. Mr. —— on the Circuit, 17 Sept. Like your fellow Circuiteer, the Sun, you travel the round of the earth.
