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tipstaff
[tip-staf, -stahf]
noun
plural
tipstaves, tipstaffsan attendant or crier in a court of law.
a staff tipped with metal, formerly carried as a badge of office, as by a constable.
any official who carried such a staff.
tipstaff
/ ˈɪˌɑː /
noun
a court official having miscellaneous duties, mostly concerned with the maintenance of order in court
a metal-tipped staff formerly used as a symbol of office
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of tipstaff1
Example Sentences
Preceded by his tipstaff wearing a black frock coat and carrying a white staff topped with an elaborate gold crown, in came the judge.
The 16-year-old's sisters have also been ordered to surrender passports to the tipstaff, an officer of the court.
"Are you, then, a tipstaff, or a bailiff, or a turnkey?" demanded the gipsy, "that you should pursue me, as if the warrant were placed in your hands for execution!"
“Then, sir,” said the tipstaff, “I must arrest you.”
The tipstaff being ordered to take those who hissed into custody, replied: "My lord, they 're all hissing."
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