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chaffwax

chaffwax noun: a chancery officer who prepared and fitted wax for sealing writs and other documents. The job remained until the 19th century.

Noun

chaffwax (plural chaffwaxes)

  1. (UK, historical) A chancery officer who prepared and fitted wax for sealing writs and other documents. The job remained until the 19th century

Forms of chaffwax

pluralchaffwaxes
alternative formchafewax
alternative formchaff-wax

Questions about chaffwax

What does chaffwax mean?
Chaffwax means a chancery officer who prepared and fitted wax for sealing writs and other documents. The job remained until the 19th century.
What part of speech is chaffwax?
Chaffwax is a noun.
What is the plural of chaffwax?
The plural of chaffwax is chaffwaxes.

Words near chaffwax in the dictionary

  1. chafflike
  2. Chafford Hundred
  3. chaffron
  4. chaffrons
  5. chaffs
  6. chaffwax
  7. chaffwaxes
  8. chaffweed
  9. chaffweeds
  10. chaffy
  11. Chafin

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