hustings
hustings is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Any one of the temporary courts held for the election of members of the British Parliament.
- 2.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.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abecedary
- academic
- academy
- action
- administrative
- alma
- ambo
- amphitheater
- and
- appeal
- appellate
- arbitration
- arena
- art
- assize
- auditorium
- bar
- barmote
- battle
- bear
- bench
- board
- boarding
- book
- box
- boxing
- bureau
- burghmote
- camp
- campus
- canvas
- cathedra
- chair
- circus
- class
- cloth
- cockpit
- college
- collegiate
- common
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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