JUSTICIAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does justiciar mean? 

• JUSTICIAR (noun)
  The noun JUSTICIAR has 1 sense:

1. formerly a high judicial officer

  Familiarity information: JUSTICIAR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• JUSTICIAR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Formerly a high judicial officer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

justiciar; justiciary

Hypernyms ("justiciar" is a kind of...):

judge; jurist; justice (a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice)

Domain region:

Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)

 Context examples 

You mind last year when he came down to Malwood, with his inner marshal and his outer marshal, his justiciar, his seneschal, and his four and twenty guardsmen.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)