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Black Rod definition

Black Rod

  1. in England, the chief usher to the Order of the Garter and the House of Lords: so called from his symbol of office, an ebony rod
    in full, Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod
  2. a similar official in other Commonwealth parliaments

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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