talesman
[ teylz-muh n, tey-leez-muh n ]
/ ˈteɪlz mən, ˈteɪ liz mən /
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noun, plural tales·men.
a person summoned as one of the tales.
Nearby words
- talent scout,
- talent show,
- talented,
- taler,
- tales,
- taleteller,
- tali,
- tali-,
- taliban,
- taliban movement
Origin of talesman
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Examples from the Web for talesman
Not a talesman in the length and breadth of Brabant County who could swear truthfully that he had formed no opinion on the case.
Mrs. Balfame|Gertrude Franklin Horn AthertonThe talesman in question was John Martin Kelly, a real estate salesman.
'The System,' as uncovered by the San Francisco Graft Prosecution|Franklin HichbornThe talesman, of course, inevitably replied in the negative.
Courts and Criminals|Arthur Train
talesman
"reserve member of a jury," 1670s, from tales "writ ordering bystanders to serve" (late 15c.), via Anglo-French (mid-13c.), from Latin tales (in tales de circumstantibus "such persons from those standing about," a clause featured in such a writ), noun use of plural of talis "such" (see that).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper