deemster

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A judge; one who pronounces sentence or doom. dialectal
    — 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; […]

词形变化

deemsters plural demster alternative dempster alternative deempster alternative

词源

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