judge
noun [C] (PERSON) /dʒʌdʒ/Definition
1. Definition
2. Practise
B2 a person who is in charge of a trial in a court and decides how a person who is guilty of a crime should be punished, or who makes decisions on legal matters: a British high-court judge a US Supreme Court judgeJudges and juries
(Definition of judge noun (PERSON) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- beak noun (JUDGE)
- challenge noun (REFUSAL)
- challenge verb (REFUSE TO ACCEPT)
- chief justice noun
- court of inquiry noun
- dismiss verb (SEND AWAY)
- empanel verb
- favour noun (SUPPORT)
- foreman noun (PERSON AT WORK)
- honour noun (RESPECT)
- instruct verb (ORDER)
- judiciary noun
- jurist noun
- juror noun
- jury service noun
- Justice of the Peace noun
- Lord noun (TITLE)
- rule verb (DECIDE)
- sum up phrasal verb
- worship noun (TITLE)
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