Judge

From judge.

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒʌd͡ʒ/
• Homophone: judge
• Rhymes: -ʌdʒ

Judge (countable and uncountable, plural Judges)

1. A surname originating as an occupation.
2. (Christianity) epithet of God or Jesus in his role as supreme arbiter
   • 1763, Charles Wesley, “And am I Born to Die?” (Hymn 59) in Hymns for Children, and Others of Riper Years:

     Wak’d by the trumpet’s sound,
     I from my grave must rise,
     And see the Judge with glory crown’d,
     And see the flaming skies.

3. A male given name of rare usage
4. A placename
   1. An unincorporated community in Olmsted County, Minnesota, United States, named after Edward Judge.
   2. An unincorporated community in Osage County, Missouri, United States, named for a local judge who owned the town site.

Judge (plural Judges)

1. The title of a judge.
   • 2018 April 23, Chuck Johnston, “Judge not allowed back to court after berating woman who died”, in CNN‎^[1], archived from the original on 12 November 2025:

     “I am saddened and disappointed in the way Judge Ehrlich behaved on the video. Her behavior cannot be condoned,” Tuter said.

   • 2024 December 11, “The courtroom attack that led to 26 years in prison”, in BBC‎^[2], archived from the original on 30 July 2025:

     Deobra Redden, 31, was caught on camera in January jumping over a desk and lunging at Judge Mary Kay Holthus, who was sentencing him in another case.