English-Thai Dictionary
hustings
N เวที ชั่วคราว ของ ผู้สมัครรับเลือกตั้ง เป็น สมาชิกรัฐสภา ใน อังกฤษ
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
HUSTINGS
n. 1. A court held in Guildhall, in London, before the lord mayor and aldermen of the city; the supreme court or council of the city. In this court are elected the aldermen and the four members of parliament.
2. The place where an election of a member of parliament is held.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
HUSTINGS
Hus "tings, n. pl. Etym: [OE. husting an assembly, coucil, AS. h; of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. h; h home + 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.
New American Oxford Dictionary
hustings
hust ings |ˈhəstiNGz ˈhəstɪŋz | ▶noun ( pl. same ) a meeting at which candidates in an election address potential voters. • the campaigning associated with an election: a formidable political operator at his best on the hustings . ORIGIN late Old English husting ‘deliberative assembly, council, ’ from Old Norse hústhing ‘household assembly held by a leader, ’ from hús ‘house ’ + thing ‘assembly, parliament ’; hustings was applied in Middle English to the highest court of the City of London, England. Subsequently it denoted the platform where the Lord Mayor and aldermen presided and (early 18th cent. ) a temporary platform on which parliamentary candidates were nominated; hence the sense ‘electoral proceedings. ’
Oxford Dictionary
hustings
hust |ings |ˈhʌstɪŋz | ▶noun ( pl. same ) a meeting at which candidates in an election address potential voters. • ( the hustings ) the campaigning associated with an election: I was out on the hustings, talking to people. ORIGIN late Old English husting ‘deliberative assembly, council ’, from Old Norse hústhing ‘household assembly held by a leader ’, from hús ‘house ’ + thing ‘assembly, parliament ’; hustings was applied in Middle English to the highest court of the City of London, presided over by the Recorder of London. Subsequently it denoted the platform in Guildhall where the Lord Mayor and aldermen presided, and (early 18th cent. ) a temporary platform on which parliamentary candidates were nominated; hence the sense ‘electoral proceedings ’.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
hustings
hus tings /hʌ́stɪŋz /名詞 〖通例the ～; 単複両扱い 〗選挙演説 [運動 ]; 政見発表演説会場 ▸ be (out ) on the hustings 遊説中である
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