deemster

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deemster

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

noun deemsters · demster · dempster · deempster

dialectal 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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@misc{deemster_2026,
  title = {deemster},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/deemster},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}