justicar
English
Alternative forms
- Justicar
Etymology
Possibly derived from justiciar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒʌst.ɪ.kɑɹ/
Noun
justicar (plural justicars)
- (fantasy) A representative and enforcer of the king or ruler's justice.
- 2010, BioWare, Mass Effect 2 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, OCLC 865290061, PC, scene: Illium:
- Spaceport Official: I wanted to be a justicar when I was young. Every asari does I guess.
- 2011, Sean Williams, Fatal Alliance, →ISBN:
- Until the justicars got there, she was the only thing standing between the Black Sun gangsters and the relatively innocent residents of Gnawer's Roost.
- 2013, Matt Forbeck, Marked for Death: The Lost Mark, →ISBN:
- As the justicar strode over to the knights, he saw Deothen shaking his head.
- 2015, Shane Michael Murray, The Orc of Many Answers, page 179:
- At the edge of the square fifty justicars marched around a lone towering figure.
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Usage notes
Do not confuse with the term justiciar. While a justiciar was an actual historic role, justicars exist only in fiction of the sword-and-sorcery and science fiction genres. (There are occasional misspellings of the term justiciar as justicar.)
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