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Justiciar

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n. A high judicial officer in medieval England

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. Same as justiciary.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. Same as justiciary

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. formerly a high judicial officer

Word Usage

"Hubert Walter, archbishop of Canterbury and justiciar (119498), ruled England well, maintained the king's peace, and began a clear reliance on the support of the middle class in town and shire."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

justice jurist judge

Variant

justiciary

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

judge

Same Context

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