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tipstaves

tipstaves is the plural of tipstaff.

Meaning of tipstaff

Noun

tipstaff (plural tipstaffs or tipstaves)

  1. A ceremonial staff, with a metal tip, carried by a constable or bailiff etc as a sign of office
  2. An officer, of a court etc. who carries such a staff
    • Fire and furies, do a set of boozing tipstaves think to take the man who outwitted Jeffreys and slipped through Kirke's lambs?"1897, Stanley John Weyman, chapter XII, in Shrewsbury

Questions about tipstaves

What is tipstaves the plural of?
Tipstaves is the plural of tipstaff.

Words near tipstaves in the dictionary

  1. tipsinesses
  2. TIPSOCLMB
  3. Tipson
  4. tipstaff
  5. tipstaffs
  6. tipstaves
  7. tipster
  8. tipsters
  9. tipstock
  10. tipstocks
  11. Tipsword

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tipstaves (page history and authors); tipstaff (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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