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

Here the poet's imagination is as intense in its presentation of Christ the doomsman: He stood there.

From Robert Browning by Dowden, Edward

"This were too fair a head for the doomsman," said she, with a slight laugh, and, turning away, appeared occupied in preparations for their departure.

From Zanoni by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron

Guinevere, when she meets her lover, rescuer, and doomsman, is no longer a girl, and Lancelot is almost a boy.

From A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 by Saintsbury, George

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 Wallace, Lewis

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 Dowden, Edward

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 Swinburne, Algernon Charles

"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 Mair, G. H. (George Herbert)