DEMPSTERS

Noun

dempsters

plural of dempster

Source: Wiktionary


DEMPSTER

Demp"ster, Dem"ster, n. Etym: [See Deemster.]

1. A deemster.

2. (O. Scots Law)

Definition: An officer whose duty it was to announce the doom or sentence pronounced by the court.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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ERASE

(verb) remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing; “Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!”


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