TALESMAN


Meaning of TALESMAN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈtālz-mən, ˈtā-lēz- ]

noun

Etymology: Middle English tales talesmen, from Medieval Latin tales de circumstantibus such (persons) of the bystanders; from the wording of the writ summoning them

Date: 1679

1. : a person added to a jury usually from among bystanders to make up a deficiency in the available number of jurors

2. : a member of a large pool of persons called for jury duty from which jurors are selected

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.