deemster
[deem-ster]
- a judge of the Isle of Man.
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Also dempster.
Origin of deemster
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The Deemster knew these notions when he met with them in the English newspapers.
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The two sons of the Deemster were like the inside and outside of a bowl, and that bowl was the Deemster himself.
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It was not the Deemster only who feared he might lay hands on his own flesh and blood.
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That day the Deemster altered his will a second time, and his elder son was disinherited.
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The Deemster was silent again, and Jem was withdrawing with a deep bow.
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deemster
- the title of one of the two justices in the Isle of ManAlso called: dempster
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