- Sidesman
- Sidesman Sides"man, n.; pl. {Sidesmen}.
1. A party man; a partisan. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]
2. An assistant to the churchwarden; a questman. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
Sidesman
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sidesman — noun an assistant to a churchwarden, one of whose duties is to collect offerings during a service … Wiktionary
sidesman — sides·man || saɪdzmÉ™n n. (British) assistant of a churchwarden … English contemporary dictionary
sidesman — noun (plural sidesmen) Brit. a churchwarden s assistant … English new terms dictionary
sidesman — sides·man … English syllables
sidesman — /ˈsaɪdzmən/ (say suydzmuhn) noun (plural sidesmen) someone who assists the churchwardens of a parish, especially in distributing books and taking up the collection in church. {combination of two words originally in a syntactical relationship;… …
sidesman — n. (pl. men) an assistant churchwarden, who shows worshippers to their seats, takes the collection, etc … Useful english dictionary
Sidesmen — Sidesman Sides man, n.; pl. {Sidesmen}. 1. A party man; a partisan. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. An assistant to the churchwarden; a questman. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Questman — Quest man, n.; pl. {Questmen}. One legally empowered to make quest of certain matters, esp. of abuses of weights and measures. Specifically: (a) A churchwarden s assistant; a sidesman. Blount. [Obs.] (b) A collector of parish rents. Blount.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Questmen — Questman Quest man, n.; pl. {Questmen}. One legally empowered to make quest of certain matters, esp. of abuses of weights and measures. Specifically: (a) A churchwarden s assistant; a sidesman. Blount. [Obs.] (b) A collector of parish rents.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Stickler — Stic kler (st[i^]k kl[ e]r), n. [See {Stickle}, v. t.] One who stickles. Specifically: [1913 Webster] (a) One who arbitrates a duel; a sidesman to a fencer; a second; an umpire. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Basilius, the judge, appointed sticklers and… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
