daysman

[deyz-muhn]

days·man

[deyz-muhn]
noun, plural days·men. Archaic.
an umpire; mediator.

Origin:
1480–90; day + ’s1 + -man; compare day to submit for arbitration, apparently v. use of day
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Daysman is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
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Daysman definition


an umpire or arbiter or judge (Job 9:33). This word is formed from the Latin diem dicere, i.e., to fix a day for hearing a cause. Such an one is empowered by mutual consent to decide the cause, and to "lay his hand", i.e., to impose his authority, on both, and enforce his sentence.

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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