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What (who) is hustings - definition
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Hustings
hustings
The political campaigns and speeches before an election are sometimes referred to as the hustings. (mainly BRIT)
With only days to go before elections in Pakistan, candidates are battling it out at the hustings.
N-PLURAL: usu the N
hustings
¦ noun (plural same) [treated as plural or sing.] a meeting at which candidates in an election address potential voters.
?(the hustings) the campaigning associated with an election.
Origin
OE husting 'assembly, council', from ON husthing 'household assembly', from hus 'house' + thing 'assembly, parliament'.
Hustings
·noun ·pl The platform on which candidates for Parliament formerly stood in addressing the electors.
II. Hustings ·noun ·pl Any one of the temporary courts held for the election of members of the British Parliament.
III. Hustings ·noun ·pl A court formerly held in several cities of England; specif., a court held in London, before the lord mayor, recorder, and sheriffs, to determine certain classes of suits for the recovery of lands within the city. In the progress of law reform this court has become unimportant.
Wikipedia
Husting
A husting originally referred to a native Germanic governing assembly, the thing. By metonymy, the term may now refer to any event (such as debates or speeches) during an election campaign where one or more of the candidates are present.
Examples of use of hustings
1. This Thursday, the hustings roadshow will move to London.
2. At the City hustings he sounds thick with tiredness.
3. The timetable Monday Final hustings in front of Tory MPs.
4. Around 11 hustings meeting around the country are expected.
5. Mr Maude accepted the conference would become an unofficial hustings.