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judge noun 1 a public officer who hears (see hear verb 5) and decides cases in a law court. See also justice noun 4,6. 2 a person appointed to decide the winner of a contest. 3 someone qualified to assess something; someone who shows discrimination • a good judge of character. 4 someone who decides or assesses • Let me be the judge of that. verb (judged, judging) 1 to try (a legal case) in a law court as a judge; to decide (questions of guiltiness, etc). 2 to decide the winner of (a contest). 3 intrans to act as judge or adjudicator. 4 to assess; to form an opinion about something or someone. 5 to estimate. 6 to consider or state something to be the case, after consideration • judged her fit to travel. 7 to criticize someone or something, especially severely; to condemn. judgeship noun the office or function of a judge.
ETYMOLOGY: 14c: from French juge, from Latin judicare to judge.