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cadilesker
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cadilesker, n. [Ar. qā\'c8ī judge + al'sker the army, Per. leshker.].
A chief judge in the Turkish empire, so named originally because his jurisdiction extended to the cases of soldiers, who are now tried only by their own officers. [1913 Webster]
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