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stavesman

stavesman noun: an official bearing a stave or wand.

Noun

stavesman (plural stavesmen)

  1. An official bearing a stave or wand.
    • The area of the square was crowded with stavesmen and spectators: the candidates rode as usual.1786 September 20, James Edward Smith, edited by [Pleasance] Smith, Memoir and Correspondence of the Late Sir James Edward Smith, M.D. […], volume I, London: […] Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green...
    • They were escorted to the Swan Inn, by twenty four stavesmen, headed by Bishop, the London police officer, who had been engaged to assist at the Election in case of need.[1831], R[ichard] M. Muggeridge, A History of the Late Contest for the Representation of the Borough of Bedford, […], London: […] J[ohn] Hatchard & Son, […]; C. B. Merry, […], page 45

Forms of stavesman

pluralstavesmen

Origin of stavesman

From stave + -s- + -man.

Questions about stavesman

What does stavesman mean?
Stavesman means an official bearing a stave or wand.
What part of speech is stavesman?
Stavesman is a noun.
What is the plural of stavesman?
The plural of stavesman is stavesmen.

Words near stavesman in the dictionary

  1. staves in
  2. staves off
  3. stavesacre
  4. stavesacres
  5. Staveses
  6. stavesman
  7. stavesmen
  8. stavewood
  9. stavewoods
  10. staving
  11. staving in

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