deemster
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English[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
From Middle English demester, demster, equivalent to deem (“to judge”) + -ster.
Noun[edit]
deemster (plural deemsters)
- (now dialectal, Isle of Man) A judge; one who pronounces sentence or doom.
- 1767, The Gentleman's and London Magazine:
- 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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Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Dutch deemster, demster (“dark”), from Old Dutch *thimster (in the compound thimsternisse (“darkness”)), from Proto-West Germanic *þimstr.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
deemster m (uncountable)
Synonyms[edit]
- deemstering
- halfdonker
- halfduister
- schemerdonker
- schemerlicht
- schemering
- tweedonker
- tweelicht
- wegdeemsteren
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