magistrate

MAJ-uh-strayt · noun

Origin

Magistrate comes from Middle English magistrat or maiestrat, meaning 'magistrate' or 'magistracy,' borrowed from Latin magistrātus.

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The word has denoted both the office itself and the person holding it since its earliest Middle English use.

The ending -ate is the same suffix used to form nouns naming a rank or office, marking this word as belonging to a family of office-titles.

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