deemster

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English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Noun

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deemster (plural deemsters)

  1. (now dialectal, Isle of Man) A judge; one who pronounces sentence or doom.
    • 1767, The Gentleman's and London Magazine:
      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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Dutch

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch deemster, demster (dark), from Old Dutch *thimster (in the compound thimsternisse (darkness)), from Proto-West Germanic *þimstr.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈdeːm.stər/
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  • Hyphenation: deem‧ster

Noun

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deemster m (uncountable)

  1. (Belgium, dated in Netherlands) twilight
    Synonyms: schemering, halfduister, halfdonker, deemstering, schemerdonker, schemerlicht, tweedonker, tweelicht

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