magistrate

n. member of the executive government ofthe country,ruler国家行政长官，统治者。
△1H.VI.1.3.57: “ Fie,lords,that you,being suprememagistrates,/ Thus contumeliously should break thepeace!”呸，二位大人，你们身为最高行政长官，怎么在这里互相辱骂、扰乱治安！
△2H.VI.4.2.18(16):“True. And yetit is said，‘Labour in thy vocation；’which is as muchto say as，‘Let the magistrates be labouring men.’And therefore should we be magistrates.”不错。可是常言道，“人人都该干好本行的工作；”这就等于说：“当官的该做工。”所以，我们这些做工的也该当官。

magistrate文职官员

负有政府职责的公职官员，其职责包括法庭、立法或行政。在英国指行使行政的常常是司法职权的地方官员，比法官的职权大，拿国家薪水。