doomern.
/ˈduːmə/ Now rare.
One who dooms or pronounces sentence; a judge. Cf. deemster n.
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society > law > administration of justice > one who administers justice > judge > [noun]
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c888 Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. xxvii. §4 Heretogan and domeras..hæfdon mæstne weorþscipe.
c1000 Laws of Ælfred (Schmid) Introd. §18 Swa him domeras gereccen.
1589 R. Greene Ciceronis Amor 73 Bee then..impartiall doomers of my sute.
a1592 R. Greene Frier Bacon (1594) sig. G Fond Atæ doomer of bad boading fates.
1842 E. Bulwer-Lytton Zanoni vii. x The power which dooms the doomer.
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