Cadilesker

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cadilesker \Ca`di*les"ker\, n. [Ar. q[=a][dsdot][imac] 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]