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magistrate

/ˈmædʒəstˌɹeɪt/MA-juh-strayt
/ˈmædʒəstˌɹeɪt/MA-juh-strayt

Meaninga master

Common meaning: an official who judges minor cases

Journey through time

  1. Latinmagister‘a master, chief, teacher’
  2. Frenchmagistrat
  3. Middle Englishmaiestratsource
  4. Englishmagistrate‘an official who judges minor cases’ · today

magistr also in: mastermagisterial

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin magister ‘a master, chief, teacher’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry magister, p. 1097 · dictionary scan

Roots

  • magister Latin “a master, chief, teacher”

Related words

magisterialmaster

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