Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A public meeting for conference; a council; specifically, a court: now usually in the plural, hustings, used also as singular.
- noun plural (also as singular). A temporary platform on which nominations of members of Parliament were made, and from which a candidate addressed his constituency. Since the passing of the Ballot Act of 1872 the use of hustings has been discontinued, but the word is still used with reference to any platform from which electioneering speeches are delivered.
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- noun A
platform wherecandidates in anelection givespeeches . - noun historical An assembly, especially one of the retainers of a ruler.
Etymologies
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Examples
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A union spokesman said the GMB is to urge tied licensee members to attend local "husting" meetings organised by community groups where would-be MPs take questions from the public.
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A union spokesman said the GMB is to urge tied licensee members to attend local "husting" meetings organised by community groups where would-be MPs take questions from the public.
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An up and coming husting for the LGBT community in Cardiff has been planned for the 19 April according to a report on our Welsh Elections 2011 map – a report on a hustings in Cardiff north last Friday was also submitted.
Cardiff today – Cardiff Rock & Roll memories and more election hustings 2011
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Too, during this Barry husting, it was evident there were few substantive policy differences amongst them.
Denis Campbell: Mr. Cairns Goes to Westminster? UK Election Writ Small, Retail & Local 2010
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Too, during this Barry husting, it was evident there were few substantive policy differences amongst them.
Denis Campbell: Mr. Cairns Goes to Westminster? UK Election Writ Small, Retail & Local 2010
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How the candidates had been chosen went unsaid, but they apparently did not sit together on a platform or “husting,” as in Virginia.
Ratification Pauline Maier 2010
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How the candidates had been chosen went unsaid, but they apparently did not sit together on a platform or “husting,” as in Virginia.
Ratification Pauline Maier 2010
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How the candidates had been chosen went unsaid, but they apparently did not sit together on a platform or “husting,” as in Virginia.
Ratification Pauline Maier 2010
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And were you asian, african etc how would you fancy going along to a husting to be abused by one of the candidates, told to "go home", well even pay you to do this?
A lovely day out for the BNP Jeff 2009
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Without it, the BNP would dominste the husting by their very presence, others woud refuse to take part, You de facto non platform them - the good guys
A lovely day out for the BNP Jeff 2009
fbharjo commented on the word husting
house meeting literally
February 18, 2007
knitandpurl commented on the word husting
"Corporate executives facing down hostile shareholders load their pockets full of numbers. So do politicians on the hustings, doctors counseling patients and fans abusing their local sports franchise on talk radio."
"The Data-Driven Life" by Gary Wolf (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/02/magazine/02self-measurement-t.html?_r=1&hp=&pagewanted=all)
July 15, 2010