doomster
Americannoun
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a doomsayer.
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Archaic. a judge.
noun
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a person habitually given to predictions of impending disaster or doom
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archaic a judge
Etymology
Origin of doomster
First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English domster, probably alteration of demester deemster, by association with dome doom; doomster def. 1 probably a new formation with doom, -ster
Example Sentences
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Prof Openshaw says he is not a "doomster", but thinks the result will be "a lot of people having a pretty nasty illness that is going to knock them out for several days or weeks".
From BBC • Dec. 16, 2023
Albert Edwards of Société Géneral, a renowned doomster, says economic recovery may not come for years.
From The Guardian • Aug. 12, 2011
I ken the gate o't weel; I hae fronted the doomster three times, and here I stand, Jim Ratcliffe, for a' that.
From The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Volume 2 by Scott, Walter, Sir
That was the doomster of the Manx language.
From The Little Manx Nation - 1891 by Caine, Hall, Sir
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