Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who pronounces doom or judgment; in Scotland, formerly, the public executioner.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Scot. Same as
dempster .
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- noun Someone who predicts
doom - noun Scotland, archaic A
judge ; adeemster .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Savills even thinks some so-called "doomster" analysts who have calculated UK homes to be over-valued by as much as 30% could turn out to be accurate, at least in regard to some types of property in certain locations.
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His boss at Potsdam is serial doomster John Schellnhuber.
Wonk Room » Inside The Beltway, Political ‘Reality’ Trumps Actual Reality 2009
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And as for Harvard historian, Niall Ferguson, he has been, in his words, a "moderate doomster," warning on this program just a few weeks ago that the gigantic budget deficits of the United States could eventually have dire consequences.
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He has described himself as a "moderate doomster."
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Finally, what struck me about so much doomster literature is its moralism.
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I hae fronted the doomster three times, and here I stand, Jim
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How good are the doomster predictions of environmentalists?
Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » 125th Carnival of the Vanities 2005
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Inspired by WarrenBuffettWarren Buffett's memorable dismissal of spendthrift America as "Squanderville," doomster pundits point portentously to the "twin towers" of debt: record trade deficits ($900 billion) and budget deficits (a projected $448 billion).
Michael Milkenomics George Gilder 2006
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He, or she, as the case happens, may be ordered to "kiss the four corners of the room;" "bite an inch off the poker;" "kneel to the prettiest, bow to the wittiest, and kiss the one he (or she) loves best," or any one of a dozen similarly silly ordeals, as the doomster proposes, may have to be gone through.
Children's Rhymes, Children's Games, Children's Songs, Children's Stories A Book for Bairns and Big Folk Robert Ford
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By the end of the day the jurors had found Walter Stewart guilty; and the doomster, a black-robed clerk, rising up, pronounced the sentence that condemned Walter Stewart of
The Caged Lion Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862
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