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单词 guestling
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guestlingn.1

/ˈɡɛstlɪŋ/
Forms: Also 1800s gestling.
Etymology: Apparently connected with guest n. There is a place named Guestling near Hastings.
The name of an assembly of representatives of the corporations of the Cinque Ports, formerly held annually.
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the mind > language > speech > conversation > [noun] > conferring or consulting > a conference > particular types of
parliament?a1400
diet1471
symposiac1603
by-conference1625
guestling1629
sanhedrim1653
comitia1684
symposium1784
assembly1794
powwow1812
neighbourhood meeting1823
colloquium1861
congress1861
party conference1875
indaba1894
press conference1908
case conference1913
story conference1920
telemeeting1973
poster session1974
START1981
presser1988
1629 in Boys Sandwich (1792) 749 The ancient assemblies of brotherhood and guestling.
1683 Addr. from Cinque-Ports in London Gaz. No. 1857/2 The humble Address of the Mayors, Bayliffs [etc.] of the Cinque-Ports..Assembled at a Brotherhood and Guestling holden at New Romeney.
1771 Gentleman's Mag. 41 332 To represent that Corporation [Sandwich] at a general meeting of the Cinque Ports, two antient towns, and their Members, called the Brotherhood and Guestling.
1888 M. Burrows Cinque Ports 177-8 The Guestling consisted of the Mayor (formerly the Bailiff), two jurats, and two commoners from each of the seven Corporate Members of the Ports, to which in modern times was added Deal. When both sets of representatives were assembled they were called a ‘Brotherhood and Guestling’.
1891 J. Simson Hist. Thanet 30 The books recording the proceedings of the Brotherhoods and Guestlings of the Cinque Ports are still extant.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

guestlingn.2

/ˈɡɛstlɪŋ/
Etymology: < guest n. + -ling suffix1.
A young guest.
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society > leisure > social event > hospitality > guest > [noun] > young
guestling1855
1855 P. J. Bailey Mystic 141 The fay-queen..Came forthright to greet her crownèd spouse, and royal guestling there.
1876 J. L. Motley Let. 18 Aug. in Corr. (1889) II. xi. 393 The déjuner dinatoire was worthy of the imperial guestlings.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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