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husting

husting noun: a platform where candidates in an election give speeches.

Noun

husting (plural hustings)

  1. A platform where candidates in an election give speeches.
  2. (historical) An assembly, especially one of the retainers of a ruler.
    • In the Anglo-Norman period we hear of a sale of land taking place ‘in the presence of the whole husting of London, in the House of Alfwin son of Leofstan’ and of land deraigned ‘by judgment of the husting’.2003, John Hamilton Baker, The Oxford History of the Laws of England: c. 900-1216, page 819

Forms of husting

pluralhustings

Origin of husting

From Middle English husting, from Old English hūsting, borrowed from Old Norse húsþing (“house assembly”), from hús (“house”) + þing (“council, meeting”), equivalent to house + thing. Cognate with Icelandic húsþing (“assembly”).

Questions about husting

What does husting mean?
Husting means a platform where candidates in an election give speeches.
What part of speech is husting?
Husting is a noun.
What is the plural of husting?
The plural of husting is hustings.

Words near husting in the dictionary

  1. Husted
  2. Husteds
  3. Huster
  4. Husters
  5. Husthwaite
  6. husting
  7. hustings
  8. Hustis
  9. Hustises
  10. hustla
  11. hustlas

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