Where does deemster come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

deemster

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.06 in modern English

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"If you hire a house for a year, and before the end of a month, happen to disagree with your landlord, he goes to the Deemster, and tells him, that he suspects you intend to leave the island, without paying his rent; […]"

From Middle English demester, demster, equivalent to deem (“to judge”) + -ster.

deemsters (plural) demster (alternative) dempster (alternative) deempster (alternative)

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