justicer
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of justicer
1300–50; Middle English < Anglo-French (compare Old French justicier ); see justice, -er 2
Example Sentences
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False justicer, why hast thou let her 'scape?
From King Lear by William Shakespeare
That working of an invisible judge, which we call Chance, "life's justicer," lays the villainy bare at the instant of its perfection.
From William Shakespeare by John Masefield
Leave this jocund old justicer to me, and I'll answer for it that the king's enemies shall get a free pardon.
From The Wayfarers by J. C. Snaith
Sit thou here, most learned justicer," says he, addressing the naked Edgar; "Thou, sapient sir, sit here.
From Tolstoy on Shakespeare A Critical Essay on Shakespeare by V. G. (Vladimir Grigorevich) Chertkov
False justicer, why hast thou let her scape?
From The Philosophy of the Plays of Shakspere Unfolded by Delia Bacon
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