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Definition of Doomster
1. n. Same as Dempster.
Definition of Doomster
1. Noun. Someone who predicts doom ¹
2. Noun. (Scotland archaic) A judge; a deemster. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Doomster
1. a judge [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Doomster
Literary usage of Doomster
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sketches of the Character, Manners, and Present State of the Highlanders of by David Stewart (1825)
"It was then the practice, in the Court of Justiciary, to call the doomster (an
officer so called) into Court after sentence of death was passed, ..."
2. The Complete Works of Sir Walter Scott: With a Biography, and His Last by Walter Scott (1833)
"She had remained standing motionless at the bar while the sentence was pronounced,
and was observed to shut her eyes when the doomster appeared. ..."
3. Old Mortality by Walter SCOTT (1895)
"The office of doomster was in those days, and till a much later period, held by
the executioner ... doomster: one who pronounces doom or sentence of death. ..."
4. A Dictionary and Digest of the Law of Scotland, with Short Explanations of by William Bell, George Ross (1861)
"In the case of a capital conviction in the Court of Justiciary, the doom or
sentence was in use to be pronounced by the public executioner, or doomster я& ..."
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