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ALL meanings of hustings

hus·tings
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  • noun hustings A meeting at which candidates in an election address potential voters. 1
  • noun hustings politics: election rally 1
  • noun hustings (before 1872) the temporary platform on which candidates for the British Parliament stood when nominated and from which they addressed the electors. 1
  • noun hustings any place from which political campaign speeches are made. 1
  • noun hustings the political campaign trail. 1
  • noun hustings Also called hustings court. a local court in certain parts of Virginia. 1
  • noun plural hustings The political campaigns and speeches before an election are sometimes referred to as the hustings. 0
  • noun hustings (before 1872) the platform on which candidates were nominated for Parliament and from which they addressed the electors 0
  • noun hustings the proceedings at a parliamentary election 0
  • noun hustings political campaigning 0
  • noun plural hustings a deliberative assembly 0
  • noun plural hustings a court held in various English cities and still occasionally in London 0
  • noun plural hustings the platform in London Guildhall where such a court was formerly held 0
  • noun plural hustings the temporary platform where candidates for Parliament formerly stood for nomination and spoke 0
  • noun plural hustings the proceedings at an election 0
  • noun plural hustings any place where political campaign speeches are made 0
  • noun plural hustings the route followed by a campaigner for political office 0
  • noun hustings A platform where candidates in an election give speeches; a husting. 0
  • noun hustings (by extension) An election campaign. 0
  • noun hustings plural of husting. 0
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