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doomsman

[ doomz-muhn ]

noun

, plural dooms·men.
  1. Archaic. a judge.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of doomsman1

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

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Example Sentences

He struck at the Doomsman with his hunting-knife, but the latter caught his wrist with the grip of a wolf-trap.

And this leads us to a consideration of the Doomsman himself, that foul excrescence upon our modern body politic.

He tried to fix its bearings in his mind; if it were a fire it must indicate the neighborhood of the Doomsman stronghold.

An insolent question in the manner of its asking, but the Doomsman's answer matched it well.

Not a Doomsman set out upon his long journey to the shadowland but that a Southron was forced to bear him company.

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