tipstaff 的定义
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.
更多tipstaff例句
- 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.