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deemster

noun

Etymology

From Middle English demester, demster, equivalent to deem (“to judge”) + -ster.

  1. inherited from demester

Definitions

  1. A judge

    A judge; one who pronounces sentence or doom.

    • If you hire a house for a year, and before the end of a month, happen to disagree with your landlord, he goes to the Deemster, and tells him, that he suspects you intend to leave the island, without paying his rent; […]

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA