district judge

noun

any judge of a federal district court.

Origin of district judge

An Americanism dating back to 1780–90

Words nearby district judge

district attorney, district council, district court, district court judge, district high school, district judge, district man, district nurse, district of columbia, district six, distringas

Example sentences from the Web for district judge

  • My father was a fine man; I have been told that he knew no end of things, and I daresay he did, since he was a district-judge.

    Mogens and Other Stories |Jens Peter Jacobsen