deemer

C2+ Topic:Numbers & Quantity

US /ˈdimər/ UK /ˈdiːmə/ See IPA manual

Meanings

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noun
one who deems or judges (archaic)

He stood as deemer over the village disputes.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · one who deems or judges... judge arbiter umpireadjudicator

Word family

Related forms deem deemster doom

Etymology

From Old English deman ('to judge, deem'), from dom ('judgment, doom'), plus the agentive suffix -er. Native Germanic in origin.

deman Old English dom Dutch *dōmaz Proto-Germanic

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Topics

Numbers & Quantity Word Formation & Derivatives Register & Style

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# deemer

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈdimər/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈdiːmə/

## Meanings
1. one who deems or judges (archaic)

## Examples
- He stood as deemer over the village disputes.

## Synonyms
- judge
- arbiter
- umpire
- adjudicator

## Related Forms
- deem
- deemster
- doom

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: deman
- Root: dom
- Root: *dōmaz

## Etymology
From Old English deman ('to judge, deem'), from dom ('judgment, doom'), plus the agentive suffix -er. Native Germanic in origin.

## AI Etymology
Deemer is from Old English deman ('to judge, deem'), from dom ('judgment, doom'), plus the agentive suffix -er. Native Germanic in origin. The ancestry passes through Old English deman, Old English dom, and Proto-Germanic *dōmaz. The suffix -er marks an agent, instrument, or associated person, so the English form is shaped by recognizable word formation as well as by its inherited or borrowed base. In present use as a noun, it means "one who deems or judges (archaic)", keeping the historical formation close to the word's ordinary semantic work. Related words include deem, deemster, and doom.

## Topics
- Numbers & Quantity
- Word Formation & Derivatives
- Register & Style

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