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hus·tings
[huhs-tingz] Pronunciation Key
[huhs-tingz] Pronunciation Key –noun (used with a singular or plural verb
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) | 1. | (before 1872) the temporary platform on which candidates for the British Parliament stood when nominated and from which they addressed the electors. |
| 2. | any place from which political campaign speeches are made. |
| 3. | the political campaign trail. |
| 4. | Also called hustings court. a local court in certain parts of Virginia. |
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| hust·ings
(hŭs'tĭngz) Pronunciation Key
pl.n. (used with a sing. or pl. verb)
[From Middle English husting, court of common pleas, from Old English hūsting, court, from Old Norse hūsthing : hūs, house + thing, assembly.] |
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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hustings
O.E. husting "meeting, court, tribunal," from O.N. husðing "council," from hus "house" + ðing "assembly" (see thing); so called because it was a meeting of the men who formed the "household" of a nobleman or king. The native O.E. word for this was folc-gemot. The plural became the usual form c.1500; sense of "temporary platform for political speeches" developed by 1719 from London's Court of Hustings, presided over by the Lord Mayor, which was held on a platform in the Guildhall. This sense broadened to encompass the whole election process.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This
| hustings | |
noun | |
| the activities involved in political campaigning (especially speech making) |
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Hustings
Hus"tings\, n. pl. [OE. husting an assembly, coucil, AS. h?sting; of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. h?s?ing; h?s home + ?ing thing, assembly, meeting; akin to Dan. & Sw. ting, E. thing. See House, and Thing.]1. A court formerly held in several cities of England; specif., a court held in London, before the lord mayor, recorder, and sheriffs, to determine certain classes of suits for the recovery of lands within the city. In the progress of law reform this court has become unimportant. --Mozley & W. 2. Any one of the temporary courts held for the election of members of the British Parliament. 3. The platform on which candidates for Parliament formerly stood in addressing the electors. [Eng.] When the rotten hustings shake In another month to his brazen lies. --Tennyson.
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