Middle English Dictionary Entry
justicer n.
Entry Info
| Forms | justicer n. Also justiser. |
| Etymology | OF justicier |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) One who disciplines or punishes somebody for sins or faults, a judge; (b) one who governs, a ruler.
Associated quotations
a
- c1450 Scrope Othea (Lngl 253)13 : He that is a rytewyse iusticer fryst shulde iustifie hym selph.
b
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)2221 : Ilkon on oþer werre sought; ffor doute of hym left þey ryght nought, Ne he couþe be no iustyser.
- c1475(?c1451) Worcester Bk.Noblesse (Roy 18.B.22)2 : The gret justicer, king Knowt, this land subdued.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- c1475(c1450) ?Scrope Mirror World (Bod 283) 4998 : Presteis and iusticeris that suffreth bordelles and evil ostries, theye be felawes and partoneris of alle the synnes that be doon there.
- c1500 Melusine (Roy 18.B.2)97/24 : They said that the kyng had doo right wel as a valyaunt & lawfull justiser shuld doo.
Note: Additional quots. illustrating the difficulty in separating sense (a) 'judge, determiner of justice' and (b) 'ruler, maintainer of justice'; cf. OED justicer, n. sense 2. 'A person or (occasionally) thing which maintains or executes justice'.
Note: Supplemental material