tipstaff
noun
an attendant or crier in a court of law.
tipstaffs
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pluralof tipstaff.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Standing around were about a dozen huge constables with long-pointed tipstaffs in their hands, while two others assisted in chaining and unchaining the prisoners.
From Manuel Pereira by F. Colburn (Francis Colburn) Adams
Is a bench of beadles and tipstaffs, who intercept letters, or keep to themselves the knowledge they should communicate, the power that ruleth?
From Tales from the German Comprising specimens from the most celebrated authors by Various
In lieu of a cloak, lawyers, whether presidents, counsellors, attornies, or tipstaffs, wore their black gown.
From Paris as It Was and as It Is by Francis W. Blagdon
Well, sir, if that is your humour, I have a brother who is one of the mayor's tipstaffs.
From A Jacobite Exile Being the Adventures of a Young Englishman in the Service of Charles the Twelfth of Sweden by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
