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Hustings

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Noun

1. hustings

the activities involved in political campaigning (especially speech making)

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Hustings

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noun (functioning as plural or singular)
1. British
(before 1872) the platform on which candidates were nominated for Parliament and from which they addressed the electors
2. 
the proceedings at a parliamentary election
3. 
political campaigning

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Hustings

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plural noun
1.  Obsolete
a. 
a deliberative assembly
b. 
a court held in various English cities and still occasionally in London
c. 
the platform in London Guildhall where such a court was formerly held
d. 
the temporary platform where candidates for Parliament formerly stood for nomination and spoke
2. 
the proceedings at an election
3. 
any place where political campaign speeches are made
4. 
the route followed by a campaigner for political office

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Hustings

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pl.n. (used with a sing. or pl. verb)
1.
a. A place where political campaign speeches are made: a candidate out on the hustings in the farm belt.
b. The activities involved in political campaigning: a veteran of the hustings.
2. Chiefly British A court formerly held in some English cities and still held infrequently in London.
3. Chiefly British
a. A platform on which candidates for Parliament formerly stood to address the electors.
b. The proceedings of a parliamentary election.

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