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  dempster

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  Dempster

  noun

  Arthur Jeffrey, 1886–1950, U.S. physicist.

dempster

¹ American  

[demp-ster, dem-] / ˈdɛmp stər, ˈdɛm- /

noun

1. deemster.

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Dempster ² American  

[demp-ster, dem-] / ˈdɛmp stər, ˈdɛm- /

noun

1. Arthur Jeffrey, 1886–1950, U.S. physicist.

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dempster British  

/ ˈdɛmpstə /

noun

1. a variant spelling of deemster

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"Maltster," surely, is not feminine, still less "whipster;" "dempster," Scotch, is a judge.

From Notes and Queries, Number 32, June 8, 1850 by Various

Six years later Lachlan's younger cousin Hazel Dempster, who lives in Kirkcudbright, began suffering from worrying headaches and her GP referred her for a scan.

From BBC ● Jan. 19, 2026

Hunter Dempster, an organizer with Decarcerate Memphis, a group pushing for accountability in the criminal justice system, said on Sunday that his organization has long been warning about the Scorpion team.

From New York Times ● Jan. 29, 2023

“He’s stoic, he believes in virtue, he believes in reason,” Dempster said.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 3, 2022

The others were Al Leiter in 1996, Kevin Brown in 1997, Ryan Dempster in 2000 and A.J.

From Fox News ● Nov. 29, 2021

How does Dempster get on securing the hay crop?

From Memoir of John Howe Peyton in sketches by his contemporaries, together with some of his public and private letters, etc., also a sketch of Ann M. Peyton by Various