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deempster

deempster is the alternative form of deemster.

Meaning of deemster

Noun

deemster (plural deemsters)

  1. (dialectal, Isle of Man) 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; […]1767, The Gentleman's and London Magazine

Forms of deempster

pluraldeempsters

Questions about deempster

What is deempster the alternative form of?
Deempster is the alternative form of deemster.

Words near deempster in the dictionary

  1. deemphasizing
  2. deemphaticize
  3. deemphaticized
  4. deemphaticizes
  5. deemphaticizing
  6. deempster
  7. deems
  8. deemster
  9. deemsters
  10. deen
  11. Deena

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