talesman

American  

[taylz-muhn, tay-leez-muhn] / ˈteɪlz mən, ˈteɪ liz mən /

noun

• talesmen
  plural

1. a person summoned as one of the tales.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• talesmen
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of talesman

First recorded in 1670–80; tales + man

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Example Sentences

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talesman talesmen

Samuel Cooperman, grocer, the next talesman called, said he had read about the case.

From Time Magazine Archive

One sensitive talesman, indignant at what he considered a rebuke, obstinately faced the judge.

From Toaster's Handbook Jokes, Stories, and Quotations by C. E. (Clara Elizabeth) Fanning

On the first day, although she never glanced at a talesman, she had listened eagerly to every question, every answer, every challenge.

From Mrs. Balfame A Novel by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton

Talesman; the author of a story or report: I'll tell you my tale, and my talesman.

From 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

One look at him as a prospective talesman in a murder case and you would have unhesitatingly murmured, "The defense challenges peremptorily!"

From By Advice of Counsel by Arthur Cheney Train

But even in Lawrenceburg 736 talesmen had had to be questioned before twelve reasonably unprejudiced jurors could be found.

From Time Magazine Archive

The moral bewilderment of the talesmen was expressed by Mrs. Alice Leopold, a representative in Connecticut's general assembly.

From Time Magazine Archive

Two hundred talesmen were examined before twelve unprejudiced jurymen could be found.

From Time Magazine Archive

He excused only those talesmen who said they had formed a firm opinion as to Sinclair's guilt or innocence.

From Time Magazine Archive

The jury in each case consisted of eight special jurors and four talesmen.

From The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Vol. I by Henry Reeve

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