单词 | truthsman |
释义 | † truthsmann. Obsolete. A truthful man; a man characterized by or concerned with truth.In quots. 1832 and 1921 translating the title of a legal official in medieval Denmark. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > truthfulness, veracity > [noun] > truthful person soothsayer1340 true tonguec1400 tell-truth?1556 truthsman1832 1832 T. G. Repp Hist. Treat. on Trial by Jury in Scand. xxvii. 129 The term [sc. sandemænd] signifies proofsmen, or truthsmen. 1844 Nonconformist 13 Nov. 81/1 He stands before the world..as a truthsman. 1921 Univ. Pennsylvania Law Rev. & Amer. Law Reg. 70 11 The Sandemaend, or truthsmen, of Jutland..had jurisdiction of criminal cases, disputes concerning land and church property, etc., being judges of both law and fact. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1832 |
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