judge

  • 41judge — A public officer who, by virtue of his office, is clothed with judicial powers. Better understood as one who conducts or presides over a court of justice. 30A Am J Rev ed Judges § 2. Clearly to be distinguished from court but often used… …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 42judge — noun see no one should be judge in his own cause verb see judge not, that ye be not judged you can’t tell a book by its cover …

    Proverbs new dictionary

  • 43judge — Synonyms and related words: account, account as, act between, adjudge, adjudicate, adjudicator, administer, administer justice, administrate, allow, amateur, appraise, appraiser, appreciate, approximate, arbiter, arbiter elegantiarum, arbiter of… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 44judge — [13] Etymologically, a judge is someone who ‘speaks the law’. The word comes via Old French juge from Latin jūdex, which was originally a compound noun made up of jūs ‘law’ and the element dicus ‘speaking’ (related to English diction, dictionary …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 45judge — dÊ’ÊŒdÊ’ n. one who presides over court trials; one who chooses the winner in a contest, arbiter; expert, critic v. preside over a court trial and make decisions; rule, determine; criticize; assess; act as a judge …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 46judge — noun 1》 a public officer appointed to decide cases in a law court.     ↘a person who decides the results of a competition.     ↘a person able or qualified to give an opinion: a good judge of character. 2》 a leader having temporary authority in… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 47judge — 1. noun 1) the judge sentenced him to five years Syn: justice, magistrate, sheriff, jurist 2) a panel of judges will select the winner Syn: adjudicator, arbiter, arbitrator, assessor, evaluator, referee, ombud …

    Thesaurus of popular words

  • 48judge — 1. noun 1) the judge sentenced him to five years Syn: justice, magistrate, recorder, sheriff, His/Her/Your Honour; N.Amer. jurist; Brit.; informal beak 2) a panel of judges will select the winner Syn: adjudicator …

    Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

  • 49judge —   Luna kānāwai. (For various kinds, see Haw. Eng. entry and entries that follow it.)   Also: luna nānā (as of song contests); loio, ho omalu.    ♦ To judge, ho okolokolo; loi (as contests) …

    English-Hawaiian dictionary

  • 50judge — /dʒʌdʒ/ noun a person who decides in a legal case ● The judge sent him to prison for embezzlement …

    Dictionary of banking and finance