noun
pl. ta′les·men a person summoned as one of the tales
talesman
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talesman
noun
LawA member of a jury panel chosen from bystanders when a regularly summoned jury turns out to be insufficient in number for a scheduled trial.
Origin of talesman
From tales talesman, writ of talesTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
(plural talesmen)
- (rare) The author or relater of a tale; storyteller; a speaker of tales (male).
Origin
From tale's +"Ž man.
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