judge
judge
nounDefinition of JUDGE
1
a person who impartially decides or resolves a dispute or controversy <their father always played the role of judge when there was a disagreement between the siblings>
Related Words jurist, justice, magistrate; intermediary, intermediate, mediator, mediatrix, moderator, negotiator; conciliator, go-between, peacemaker, reconciler, troubleshooter; decider
2
a public official having authority to decide questions of law <the judge gave the defendant a suspended sentence>
Related Words chief justice, circuit judge, justice of the peace, squire; auditor, master; jurisconsult, jurisprudent
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