Definitions for hustings
ˈhʌs tɪŋzhus·tings

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. hustingsnoun

   the activities involved in political campaigning (especially speech making)

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. hustingsnoun

   A platform where candidates in an election give speeches; a husting.

   I now mounted the hustings, and, without any regard to decency or modesty, made as emphatical a speech in favour of the king as before I had done against him.

2. hustingsnoun

   An election campaign.

   Washington is awfully deserted now that every congressman is out on the hustings.

3. Etymology: Originally the plural of English husting, later construed as a singular.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Hustingsnoun

   A council; a court held.

   Etymology: husting, Saxon.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Hustings

   a court formerly held in several cities of England; specif., a court held in London, before the lord mayor, recorder, and sheriffs, to determine certain classes of suits for the recovery of lands within the city. In the progress of law reform this court has become unimportant

2. Hustings

   any one of the temporary courts held for the election of members of the British Parliament

3. Hustings

   the platform on which candidates for Parliament formerly stood in addressing the electors

4. Etymology: [OE. husting an assembly, coucil, AS. hsting; of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. hsing; hs home + ing thing, assembly, meeting; akin to Dan. & Sw. ting, E. thing. See House, and Thing.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Hustings

   hus′tingz, n.sing. the principal court of the city of London: formerly the booths where the votes were taken at an election of an M.P., or the platform from which the candidates gave their addresses. [A.S. hústing, a council, but a Scand. word, and used in speaking of the Danes—Ice. hústhing—hús, a house, thing, an assembly.]

Etymology and OriginsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Hustings

   The ancient name for the Court of Aldermen in the city of London. In modern days it came to imply the platform from which candidates for election delivered their addresses to the populace. The word Husting expressed the Anglo-Saxon for a council-house: from the Scandinavian hus, house, and thing, an assembly.

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1. • Campaigning

How to pronounce hustings?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of hustings in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of hustings in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of hustings in a Sentence

1. Tim Farron:

   She has come a long way since we were on the hustings together in north west Durham.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=hustings
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Hustings
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=hustings
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hustings
5. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=hustings
6. ^ Etymology and Origins
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/54657/pg54657-images.html#:~:text=hustings