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Webster 1913 Edition


Talesman

Tales′man

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Noun.
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pl.
Talesmen
.
(Law)
A person called to make up a deficiency in the number of jurors when a tales is awarded.
Wharton.

Definition 2024


talesman

talesman

See also: talesmän

English

Noun

talesman (plural talesmen)

  1. (obsolete) The author or relater of a tale; storyteller; a speaker of tales (male).

Etymology 2

From tales + man.

Noun

talesman (plural talesmen)

  1. (law) Someone summoned to a jury when a tales is awarded, to make up numbers.

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Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

talesman c

  1. spokesman, spokesperson

Declension

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