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Webster 1913 Edition

Deemster

Deem′ster

(dēm′stẽr)
,
Noun.
[
Deem
+
-ster
; i. e., doomster. Cf.
Dempster
.]
A judge in the Isle of Man who decides controversies without process.
Cowell.

Webster 1828 Edition

Deemster

DEEMSTER

,
Noun.
A judge in the Isle of Man and in Jersey.

Definition 2024

deemster

deemster

English

Alternative forms

Noun

deemster ‎(plural deemsters)

  1. A judge; one who pronounces sentence or doom.
  2. A judge on the Isle of Man.

Related terms

Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology

From Middle Dutch deemster ‎(“dark”), from Old Dutch thimster (in the compound thimsternisse ‎(“darkness”)), from Proto-Germanic *þimistraz, from Proto-Indo-European *temH-.

Noun

deemster m ‎(uncountable)

  1. twilight

Synonyms

Etymology

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

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