"sidesman" meaning in All languages combined

See sidesman on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: sidesmen [plural]
Etymology: Corruption of synod's man. Head templates: {{en-noun|sidesmen}} sidesman (plural sidesmen)
  1. An assistant to a churchwarden, one of whose duties is to collect offerings during a service. Synonyms: questman [obsolete]

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_text": "Corruption of synod's man.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sidesmen",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
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        },
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 187:",
          "text": "By the 17th century churchwardens, now assisted by sidesmen, were overseeing parish taxes (with the parish clerks), controlling the stocks and whipping posts, and organising relief for the poor and for wayfarers.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An assistant to a churchwarden, one of whose duties is to collect offerings during a service."
      ],
      "id": "en-sidesman-en-noun-78QrD4VM",
      "links": [
        [
          "assistant",
          "assistant"
        ],
        [
          "churchwarden",
          "churchwarden"
        ],
        [
          "collect",
          "collect"
        ],
        [
          "offering",
          "offering"
        ],
        [
          "service",
          "service"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "obsolete"
          ],
          "word": "questman"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "sidesman"
}
{
  "etymology_text": "Corruption of synod's man.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sidesmen",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sidesmen"
      },
      "expansion": "sidesman (plural sidesmen)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
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        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
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        "Pages with entries"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 187:",
          "text": "By the 17th century churchwardens, now assisted by sidesmen, were overseeing parish taxes (with the parish clerks), controlling the stocks and whipping posts, and organising relief for the poor and for wayfarers.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An assistant to a churchwarden, one of whose duties is to collect offerings during a service."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "assistant",
          "assistant"
        ],
        [
          "churchwarden",
          "churchwarden"
        ],
        [
          "collect",
          "collect"
        ],
        [
          "offering",
          "offering"
        ],
        [
          "service",
          "service"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "questman"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sidesman"
}

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