MAGISTRATE
ADJECTIVES
► MAGISTERICAL pert. to a magistrate → 1646 obs.
► MAGISTRATIAL pert. to a magistrate → 1774 obs.
► MAGISTRATIC pert. to a magistrate → 1653 obs.
► MAGISTRATICAL pert. to or befitting a magistrate → 1638
► MAGISTRATIVE proper to a magistrate, requisite for ruling → 1865
NOUNS
► MAGISTRACY the body of magistrates → 1646 US
NOUNS – PERSON
► BAILIE 1. the chief magistrate of a barony or part of a county, having functions equivalent to those of a sheriff → 1375 Sc. obs.
2. a municipal magistrate corresponding to the English alderman → 1484 Sc.
► BEAK ► BEEK ► BEEKS a judge, magistrate or justice of the peace → c1600 Eng. dial. & sl.
► BEAK OF THE LAW a magistrate → 1891 sl. (Bk.)
► BENCH the judge or magistrate sitting in the seat of justice → 1518
► BENCHER one who officially sits on a bench; a magistrate, judge, parliamentarian, assessor, senator, alderman, etc. → 1279
► BENCHMAN a (male) judge or magistrate sitting in court → 1658
► BESHERMENGRO one who sits, a magistrate → 1890 gypsy usage (Bk.)
► BIG WIG a magistrate or judge; from the wigs they wear → 1829 sl.
► BLACK JACK a judge or magistrate → 1900 UK criminals’ sl. obs.
► GARDEN (GATE) a magistrate → 1859 UK rhyming sl. (Bk.)
► GEREFA an administrative officer under the Old English kings; the chief magistrate of a district → 1833 Anglo-Saxon hist.
► INQUISITIVE a magistrate → 1928 UK criminals’ sl.
► JUSTICER a judge, a magistrate → 1605
► JUSTICIARY a person who administers justice; a judge, a magistrate → 1531
► MAJESTY a corruption of ‘magistrate’ → 1831 Eng. dial. 128
► ONCE A WEEK a magistrate → 1892 rhyming sl. for ‘beak’
► PÆDONOM in ancient Greece: a magistrate who superintended the education of youths → a1871
► QUEER BEAK an incorruptible magistrate → 19C UK criminals’ sl.
► SANCHO PANZA a magistrate → 1922 (Bk.)
► SELECTMAN a town magistrate → 1905 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► UNCLE a magistrate → 1895 Eng. dial.
► WARDEN OF THE PEACE ‘Guardian of the Peace’; a justice of the peace; a district magistrate → 1543
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