doomsman

American  

[doomz-muhn] / ˈdumz mən /

noun

• doomsmen
  plural

1. Archaic. a judge.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• doomsmen
  plural

Etymology

Origin of doomsman

First recorded in 1150–1200; early Middle English domes man “man of judgment”; see doom, 's ¹, -man

Example Sentences

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doomsman doomsmen

And the sound of this clock took possession of every silence until it seemed like the voice of a doomsman counting off the seconds.

From The Night Horseman by Max Brand

Perpetua watched him as calmly as a martyr of old days watched the advance of the doomsman.

From The Proud Prince by Justin H. (Justin Huntly) McCarthy

Under no circumstances could the poor wretch tell the tale or identify either the prisoners or their doomsman.

From Ben-Hur; a tale of the Christ by Lewis Wallace

The sentence pass'd, the doomsman felt surprise, For tears were streaming from the seraph's eyes.

From Caxton's Book: A Collection of Essays, Poems, Tales, and Sketches. by W. H. (William Henry) Rhodes

And Luigi will adventure forth—it may be in a kind of divine folly—as a doomsman commissioned by God to free his Italy.

From Robert Browning by Edward Dowden

"Blind accident and blundering mishap—'such a mistake,' says one of the criminals, 'as I have often seen in a play' are the steersmen of their fortunes and the doomsmen of their deeds."

From English Literature: Modern Home University Library of Modern Knowledge by G. H. (George Herbert) Mair

Blind accident and blundering mishap—"such a mistake," says one of the criminals, "as I have often seen in a play"—are the steersmen of their fortunes and the doomsmen of their deeds.

From The Age of Shakespeare by Algernon Charles Swinburne