magistrate

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It scorches the mind like a blast of sulphur Not only as a magistrate was my father's voice always raised on the side of the women and children.

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  1. noun A civil officer with power to administer and enforce law, as:
  2. noun A local member of the judiciary having limited jurisdiction, especially in criminal cases.
  3. noun A minor official, such as a justice of the peace, having administrative and limited judicial authority.

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  • When the farmer took his case before the magistrate, the magistrate was so impressed by the farmer's elegantly expressed arguments that he dragged the case out for more than nine sittings of his court so that he could listen to the eloquence of the farmer. —  Trillium 05 - Lady of the Trillium by Marion Zimmer Bradley (v1.0) (html).html
  • This magistrate was an excellent man; aware of the accident that had happened to us, and that he had it in his power to do a good deed, he offered us the gratuitous use of a concert room. —  Memoirs of Robert-Houdin
  • No! It is because the qualities of a statesman and a magistrate are attributed to me. —  Napoleon Bonaparte
  • Not only as a magistrate was my father's voice always raised on the side of the women and children. —  The Adventure of Living
  • Do not call a magistrate, and we shall both be rich Why is he afraid of magistrates? —  AnalogSFF,May2006
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governor ·  minister ·  bishop ·  ruler ·  commissioner ·  clergyman ·  citizen ·  statesman ·  sheriff ·  physician ·  clergy ·  attorney

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magistrate:   magistrates
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Middle English magistrat, from Old French, from Latin magistrātus, from magister, magistr-, master; see meg- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English magestrat, from Old French magistrat, French magistrat, a town council, a magistrate, = Spanish Portuguese magistrado = Italian magistrato, council, court, tribunal, magistracy, also a magistrate, from Latin magistratus, the office of a chief, director, president, etc., a magistrate, from magister, a master, chief, director, etc.: see magister, master.
 

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/ˈmædʒɪstreɪt/
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