Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A title given to those members of the British royal household who bear gilded rods when attending the sovereign on occasions of state.
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Examples
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I read of an alderman kneeling and knighted at court: I see a gold-stick waddling backwards before Majesty in a procession, and if we laugh, don't you suppose the Americans laugh too?
Roundabout Papers William Makepeace Thackeray 1837
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I read of an alderman kneeling and knighted at court: I see a gold-stick waddling backwards before Majesty in a procession, and if we laugh, don’t you suppose the Americans laugh too?
Roundabout Papers 2006
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