Judge

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

Judge

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. An unincorporated community in Olmsted County, Minnesota, United States, named after Edward Judge.
4. 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]:

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