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master of the rolls

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.15 in modern English

Syllables
mas-ter of the rolls
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The President of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales, Civil Division, and Head of Civil Justice; a judge who is second in seniority in England and Wales only to the Lord Chief Justice.

noun

A baker.

British usage; Humorous; Obsolete; Slang

Example Sentences

Etymology

The sense of a baker is a pun alluding to bread rolls.

Usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Law.

Inflected Forms

Masters of the Rolls (plural)

Questions

What does master of the rolls mean?
The President of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales, Civil Division, and Head of Civil Justice; a judge who is second in seniority in England and Wales only to the Lord Chief Justice.
Where does master of the rolls come from?
The sense of a baker is a pun alluding to bread rolls.

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