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Tribunal
is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
Example Sentences
- More proof, as if you needed it, that the military tribunal system can't work.
- Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call to her tribunal every fact, every opinion.
- We are afraid the tribunal may on technical ground in the face of defence lawyers exonerate the alleged perpetrators.
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Word Origin & History
tribunal
1447, from O.Fr. tribunal (13c.), from L. tribunal "platform for the seat of magistrates, elevation, embankment," from tribunus "official in ancient Rome, magistrate," lit. "head of a tribe," from 'tribus (see tribe). Hence, a court of justice or judicial assembly (1590).
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