doom|ster

doom|ster
doom|ster «DOOM stuhr», noun.
1. a person who predicts calamity; doomsayer: »

With the…negotiations still in the early stages, the views of both the doomsters and the boosters are solidly founded (Maclean's).

2. Archaic. a person who pronounces doom or sentence.
3. Obsolete. (in Scotland) the official, usually the executioner, who read or repeated the sentence.
[alteration of deemster; influenced by doom]

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