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单词 tipstaff
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tipstaffn.

Brit. /ˈtɪpstɑːf/, /ˈtɪpstaf/, U.S. /ˈtɪpˌstæf/
Forms: Plural tipstaffs /ˈtɪpstɑːfs//ˈtɪpstafs/, or tipstaves /ˈtɪpsteɪvz/.
Etymology: Contraction of tipped or tipt staff: see tipped adj.1 3.
1.
a. A staff with a tip or cap of metal, carried as a badge by certain officials: see 2. Obsolete.
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society > authority > office > symbol of office or authority > [noun] > staff or rod
yardc1275
tipped stickc1386
bastona1400
mace?a1419
wandc1430
warderc1440
baculc1449
roda1450
verge1493
staff1535
tipstaff1541
verger1547
truncheon1573
vare1578
baton?1590
trunch1590
fasces1598
macer wanda1600
virge1610
batoona1652
stick1677
shaku1875
poker1905
1541–2 Act 33 Hen. VIII c. 12 §26 Anye of the Kinges..officers, that..shall strike any person..withe anye staffe commonye called a Tipp staffe.
1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 281 Sergeaunts and other officers holding tipstaues in their hands.
1695 W. Congreve Love for Love i. i. 6 Two suspicious Fellows like lawful Pads, that wou'd knock a Man down with Pocket-Tipstaves.
b. plural. Used for ‘stilts’. Obsolete.Apparently an isolated use.
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1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. T. More in tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis 99 Linckt was in wedlock a loftye Thrasonical huf snuffe: In gate al on typstau's stalcking, in phisnomye daring.
2. An official carrying a tipped staff; spec. (a) a sheriff's officer, bailiff, constable; (b) an officer appointed to wait upon a court in session; a court crier or usher. archaic.
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society > law > administration of justice > one who administers justice > an officer of the court > [noun] > official who executes orders of court > bailiff
beadlec1000
ridemanlOE
cacherela1325
outrider1332
bailiff1377
catchpolea1382
bailiec1386
officer?1387
sheriff's manc1400
attacher1440
messenger1482
tipped staffc1500
servitor1527
bailie-errant1528
processar1534
bum-bailiff1560
tipstaff1570
nut-hook1600
saffo1607
servera1612
bailiff-errant1612
bum-bailey1615
process servera1616
buckle-bosom1622
bumbee1653
exploiter1653
moar1656
bum1659
bummer1675
bumbail1696
bulldog1699
sheriff's officer1703
bum-trap1749
bound-bailiff1768
shelly-coata1774
body snatcher1778
lurcher1785
fool-finder1796
messenger1801
bugaboo1809
borough-bailiff1812
sheriff mair1812
speciality1815
grab1823
legalist1835
candy man1863
writter1882
sheriff1928
1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) II. 1365/1 The knight Marshall with all hys tippe staues.
1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xlv. xxix. 1220 When they saw the tipstaves and huishers to keepe the doores and places of entrie.
1687 in J. R. Bloxham Magdalen Coll. & James II (1886) (modernized text) 148 Then their Lordships..commissioned Atterbury the Tipstaff to fetch a Smith to force them open.
1710 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum II Tip-staves, are the Warden of the Fleets Officers attending the Queen's Courts with a Painted Staff, for taking into Custody such Persons [etc.].
1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus i. ix. 21/2 Those ministering Sheriffs and Lord-Lieutenants and Hangmen and Tipstaves.
1882 W. Ballantine Some Exper. Barrister's Life xli. 387 They were tipstaves, prepared to take [him]..into custody.
1888 J. Gow Compan. to Classics 290 Order was maintained by tip-staffs, ῥαβδοῦχοι.

Derivatives

ˈtipˌstavery n. a body of tipstaffs.Apparently an isolated use.
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society > law > administration of justice > one who administers justice > an officer of the court > [noun] > official who executes orders of court > bailiff > body of
tipstavery1911
1911 B. Capes Loaves & Fishes 224 Cracking their inevitable chestnuts for the benefit of an obsequious tipstavery.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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