hustings
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hustings noun: a platform where candidates in an election give speeches; a husting. Also the plural of husting.
Noun
hustings (plural hustings)
- A platform where candidates in an election give speeches; a husting.
- I now mounted the hustings, and, without any regard to decency or modesty, made as emphatical a speech in favour of the king as before I had done against him.1749, Henry Fielding, From This World to the Next
- An election campaign.
- Washington is awfully deserted now that every congressman is out on the hustings.
- While on the hustings, both men made quick jaunts into the South during late April.1981, Paul D. Casdorph, Republicans, Negroes, and Progressives in the South, 1912-1916
- A debate during an election campaign where the public can question some or all of the candidates.
- The candidate was having a strong campaign but fell apart at the hustings.
- Finding that he could not be heard during a hustings in the town hall, he armed members of his family with a bell and instead addressed bemused voters at the open windows of their tenements.2006, David Torrance, The Scottish Secretaries, Birlinn Publishers
Also used as
hustings is also the plural of husting.
Examples of hustings in a sentence
- In the forthcoming election the Budget will be referred to very little indeed out on the hustings.1993, New Zealand. Parliament. House of Representatives, Parliamentary Debates (Hansard):
- In fact he's done three hustings during the entire campaign.2015 June 11, Nick Robinson, Election Notebook: The Inside Story Of The Battle Over Britain’s Future And My Personal Battle To Report It...
- Health secretary Matt Hancock was booed and heckled at a general election hustings in his constituency after he launched an attack on Jeremy Corbyn over his handling of antisemitism.2019 November 30, Eleanor Busby, “Matt Hancock booed and heckled by crowd as hustings descends into chaos”, in The Independent:
- In April he addressed, after his father, a large audience at a hustings in Edinburgh, the first time he had stepped onto a stage and spoken.2021 March 30, Josh Ireland, Churchill & Son, Penguin, →ISBN, page 85:
Forms of hustings
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Origin of hustings
Originally the plural of husting, later construed as a singular.
See the etymology of the main entry.
Words that rhyme with hustings
Questions about hustings
- What does hustings mean?
- Hustings means a platform where candidates in an election give speeches; a husting.
- How do you use hustings in a sentence?
- In the forthcoming election the Budget will be referred to very little indeed out on the hustings.
- What part of speech is hustings?
- Hustings is a noun.
- How do you pronounce hustings?
- Hustings is pronounced /ˈhʌstɪŋz/ (Canada).
- What is the plural of hustings?
- The plural of hustings is hustings.
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