Judge

See also: judge

English

Etymology

From judge

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒʌd͡ʒ/
  • Homophone: judge
  • Rhymes: -ʌdʒ

Proper noun

Judge (countable and uncountable, plural Judges)

  1. A surname originating as an occupation.
  2. (Christianity) epithet of God or Jesus in his role as supreme arbiter
    • 1763, Charles Wesley, “And am I Born to Die?” (Hymn 59) in Hymns for Children, and Others of Riper Years:
      Wak’d by the trumpet’s sound,
      I from my grave must rise,
      And see the Judge with glory crown’d,
      And see the flaming skies.
  3. A male given name of rare usage
  4. A placename
    1. An unincorporated community in Olmsted County, Minnesota, United States, named after Edward Judge.
    2. An unincorporated community in Osage County, Missouri, United States, named for a local judge who owned the town site.

Noun

Judge (plural Judges)

  1. The title of a judge.
    • 2018 April 23, Chuck Johnston, “Judge not allowed back to court after berating woman who died”, in CNN[1]:
      “I am saddened and disappointed in the way Judge Ehrlich behaved on the video. Her behavior cannot be condoned,” Tuter said.
    • 2024 December 11, “The courtroom attack that led to 26 years in prison”, in BBC[2]:
      Deobra Redden, 31, was caught on camera in January jumping over a desk and lunging at Judge Mary Kay Holthus, who was sentencing him in another case.

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