tipstaff

/tip-staf, -stahf/US // ˈtɪpˌstæf, -ˌstɑf //UK // (ˈtɪpˌstɑːf) //

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Definitions

n.名词 noun

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plural tip·staves [tip-steyvz], /ˈtɪpˌsteɪvz/, tip·staffs.
- : an 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.

My direction to the tipstaff, who got admittance into the house, was to conduct him to a judge, according to the writ.
"Certainly he can't intend to give me more than one month," said Busby to the tipstaff.
Again, in his effort to follow, Mr. Thorndike was halted, but the first tipstaff came to his rescue.
Was he fit for nothing but to be employed as a messenger, as a common tipstaff?
Tipstaff, tip′staf, n. a staff tipped with metal, or an officer who carries it: a constable.