talesman

American  

[teylz-muhn, tey-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

Etymology

Origin of talesman

First recorded in 1670–80; tales + man

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

No method is too far-fetched to be made use of on the chance of "catching" some stray talesman.

From Courts and Criminals by Train, Arthur Cheney

Not a talesman in the length and breadth of Brabant County who could swear truthfully that he had formed no opinion on the case.

From Mrs. Balfame A Novel by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn

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 Grose, Francis

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 Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn

But few talesmen had read about the case at all.

From Time Magazine Archive

It was noticeable that other talesmen who had read about the Fall-Sinclair oil scandal in the newspapers were opionated as Grocer Cooperman as to the probity of the defendants.

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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

Of course the sheriff's office must connive at naming the talesmen; therefore it was necessary to elect the sheriff; consequently all the lawyers were in politics.

From The Forty-Niners A Chronicle of the California Trail and El Dorado by White, Stewart Edward