FromMiddle Englishdemester,demster, equivalent todeem(“to judge”) +-ster.
deemster (pluraldeemsters)
- (now dialectal, Isle of Man) Ajudge; one who pronouncessentence ordoom.
1767,The Gentleman's and London Magazine:If you hire a house for a year, and before the end of a month, happen to disagree with your landlord, he goes to theDeemster, and tells him, that he suspects you intend to leave the island, without paying his rent;[…]
FromMiddle Dutchdeemster,demster(“dark”), fromOld Dutch*thimster (in the compoundthimsternisse(“darkness”)), fromProto-West Germanic*þimstr.
- IPA(key): /ˈdeːm.stər/
- Hyphenation:deem‧ster
deemster m (uncountable)
- (Belgium, dated in Netherlands)twilight
- Synonyms:schemering,halfduister,halfdonker,deemstering,schemerdonker,schemerlicht,tweedonker,tweelicht
