daysman

[ deyz-muhn ]

noun

, Archaic.

, plural days·men.

1. an umpire; mediator.

Word History and Origins

Origin of daysman¹

1480–90; day + ’s ¹ + -man; compare day to submit for arbitration, apparently v. use of day

Example Sentences

The man pleaded his cause stoutly, and begged prettily for his life; and at last they agreed to take the first living thing that came for a daysman, and if his doom went the other way the man should not lose his life, but if he said the same as the Dragon, the Dragon should eat the man.

From Project Gutenberg

Man's chief spiritual need is access to God through "a daysman that might lay his hand upon both."

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Thus we read of that worthy Name, that He is, the Great High-priest, the Daysman, the Advocate, Intercessor, Surety, Mercy Seat, the Forerunner, the Rock of Salvation, the Refuge, the Tower, a strong Tower, the Rock of Ages, the Hope of Glory, the Hope of His people, a living Stone.

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"Now, my darlings, let mother be the daysman between you," said the elder Mrs. Hartright, coming near carressing the young wife.

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But when they are in their first heady youth, devoid of experience, fresh for exertion, flushed with hope, burning with animosity, they agree only in spurning out of their way the daysman who strives to take his stand between them and to lay his hand upon them both.

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