custos rotulorum

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The main justice of the peace in a given county of England, Wales or Ireland.
  2. The chief magistrate and representative of the Governor-General in a Jamaican parish.

Word forms

custos rotulorum custodes rotulorum

Etymology

From Medieval Latin custos rotulorum, from Latin custōs (“custos, keeper”) + genitive plural of rotulus (“roll”).

Related words

This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.