Judge

A surname originating as an occupation.

Proper noun

  1. A surname originating as an occupation.
  2. epithet of God or Jesus in his role as supreme arbiter
    • Wak’d by the trumpet’s sound, I from my grave must rise, And see the Judge with glory crown’d, And see the flaming skies. - 1763, Charles Wesley, “And am I Born to Die?” (Hymn 59) in Hymns for Children, and Others of...
  3. A male given name of rare usage
  4. A placename
    1. An unincorporated community in Olmsted County, Minnesota, United States, named after Edward Judge.

    2. An unincorporated community in Osage County, Missouri, United States, named for a local judge who owned the town site.

Origin

From judge.

Forms

Judges

Noun

  1. The title of a judge.
    • “I am saddened and disappointed in the way Judge Ehrlich behaved on the video. Her behavior cannot be condoned,” Tuter said. - 2018 April 23, Chuck Johnston, “Judge not allowed back to court after berating woman who...
    • Deobra Redden, 31, was caught on camera in January jumping over a desk and lunging at Judge Mary Kay Holthus, who was sentencing him in another case. - 2024 December 11, “The courtroom attack that led to 26 years in...

Forms

Judges

Related

Justice