hustings

hust·ings  (hstngz)

pl.n. (used with a sing. or pl. verb)

1.

a. A place where political campaign speeches are made: a candidate out on the hustings in the farm belt.

b. The activities involved in political campaigning: a veteran of the hustings.

2. Chiefly British A court formerly held in some English cities and still held infrequently in London.

3. Chiefly British

a. A platform on which candidates for Parliament formerly stood to address the electors.

b. The proceedings of a parliamentary election.

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[From Middle English husting, court of common pleas, from Old English hsting, court, from Old Norse hsthing : hs, house + thing, assembly.]

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hustings [ˈhʌstɪŋz]

n (functioning as plural or singular)

1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) Brit (before 1872) the platform on which candidates were nominated for Parliament and from which they addressed the electors

2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) the proceedings at a parliamentary election

3. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) political campaigning

[from Old Norse hūsthing, from hūs house + thing assembly]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

hustings - the activities involved in political campaigning (especially speech making) campaigning, candidacy, candidature, electioneering, political campaign - the campaign of a candidate to be elected plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one

Translations

hustings [ˈhʌstɪŋz] NPL (esp Brit) (Pol) → campaña fsing electoral

hustings [ˈhʌstɪŋz] npl (British) → plate-forme f électorale

hustings

pl (Brit) (= campaign) → Wahlkampf m; (= meeting) → Wahlveranstaltung f; on the hustings → im Wahlkampf; (= at election meeting) → in or bei einer Wahlveranstaltung

hustings [ˈhʌstɪŋz] npl (Brit) (Pol) → campagna elettorale

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hustings [ˈhʌstɪŋz] npl (Brit) (Pol) → campagna elettorale