Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An umpire or arbiter; a mediator.
- noun A day-laborer; a dayman.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An umpire or arbiter; a mediator.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun archaic An
arbiter ,referee ,mediator . - noun A
labourer who works during the day.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Testament; but the idea it expresses is found in Job 9: 33, in the word "daysman" (q.v.), marg., "umpire."
Easton's Bible Dictionary M.G. Easton 1897
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(Job 5: 1), and Job (Job 9: 33) had wished for such a "daysman" or umpire between him and God.
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Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both.
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Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both.
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Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both.
Job 9. 1999
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"Now, my darlings, let mother be the daysman between you," said the elder Mrs. Hartright, coming near carressing the young wife.
Hanover; Or The Persecution of the Lowly A Story of the Wilmington Massacre. Jack Thorne
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Six rainless years brought famine and distress, whereupon they besought Him to send one of His counsellors who should be their daysman, and should undertake their cause and care for them.
Oriental Religions and Christianity A Course of Lectures Delivered on the Ely Foundation Before the Students of Union Theological Seminary, New York, 1891 Frank F. Ellinwood
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There is no daysman, no supreme judge, no sovereign; each of the nation-states is sovereign, a law unto itself.
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'There is no daysman who can come between us and lay his hand upon us both!'
A Handful of Stars Texts That Have Moved Great Minds Frank Boreham 1915
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On the other hand, "the breath of the Almighty hath inspired me" (as Job 32: 8); not as English Version, "given me life"; therefore "I am according to thy wish (Job 9: 32, 33) in God's stead" to thee; a "daysman," umpire, or mediator, between God and thee.
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