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Definition: DAYSMAN

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. An umpire or arbiter; a mediator.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Daysman" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1611. (references)

Specialty Definition: DAYSMAN

Domain Definition
Noah Webster [Noun] An umpire or arbiter; a mediator.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.
Bible 1: An old English term meaning umpire or arbitrator. (Job 9:33). (references)
  2: Daysman an umpire or arbiter or judge (Job 9:33). This word is formed from the Latin diem dicere, i.e., to fix a day for hearing a cause. Such an one is empowered by mutual consent to decide the cause, and to "lay his hand", i.e., to impose his authority, on both, and enforce his sentence. Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary.
Literature 1: "And at the day of doom
2: At the height Deys sit."
3: Daysman An umpire, judge, or intercessor. The word is dais-man (a man who sits on the daïs); a sort of lit de justice. Hence Piers Ploughman -. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
Wiktionary [Noun] (archaic) An arbiter, referee, mediator. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Definition: DAYSMAN

Part of SpeechDefinition
Noun1. An umpire or arbiter; a mediator.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "DAYSMAN" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1611. (references)

Specialty Definition: DAYSMAN

DomainDefinition
Noah Webster [Noun] An umpire or arbiter; a mediator.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.
Bible1: An old English term meaning umpire or arbitrator. (Job 9:33). (references)
 2: Daysman an umpire or arbiter or judge (Job 9:33). This word is formed from the Latin diem dicere, i.e., to fix a day for hearing a cause. Such an one is empowered by mutual consent to decide the cause, and to "lay his hand", i.e., to impose his authority, on both, and enforce his sentence. Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary.
Literature1: "And at the day of doom
2: At the height Deys sit."
3: Daysman An umpire, judge, or intercessor. The word is dais-man (a man who sits on the daïs); a sort of lit de justice. Hence Piers Ploughman -. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
Wiktionary[Noun] (archaic) An arbiter, referee, mediator. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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