Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. One who pronounces doom or judgment; in Scotland, formerly, the public executioner. In the case of a capital conviction in the Court of Justiciary, the doom or sentence was repeated by the executioner in the judge's words, with the addition, “This I pronounce for doom.”
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. Scot. Same as dempster.
Etymologies
- doom + -ster (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Savills even thinks some so-called "doomster" analysts who have calculated UK homes to be over-valued by as much as 30% could turn out to be accurate, at least in regard to some types of property in certain locations.”
“His boss at Potsdam is serial doomster John Schellnhuber.”
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“Finally, what struck me about so much doomster literature is its moralism.”
“And as for Harvard historian, Niall Ferguson, he has been, in his words, a "moderate doomster," warning on this program just a few weeks ago that the gigantic budget deficits of the United States could eventually have dire consequences.”
“He has described himself as a "moderate doomster.”
“I hae fronted the doomster three times, and here I stand, Jim”
“How good are the doomster predictions of environmentalists?”
“Inspired by WarrenBuffettWarren Buffett's memorable dismissal of spendthrift America as "Squanderville," doomster pundits point portentously to the "twin towers" of debt: record trade deficits ($900 billion) and budget deficits (a projected $448 billion).”
“He, or she, as the case happens, may be ordered to "kiss the four corners of the room;" "bite an inch off the poker;" "kneel to the prettiest, bow to the wittiest, and kiss the one he (or she) loves best," or any one of a dozen similarly silly ordeals, as the doomster proposes, may have to be gone through.”
“By the end of the day the jurors had found Walter Stewart guilty; and the doomster, a black-robed clerk, rising up, pronounced the sentence that condemned Walter Stewart of”
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