hust·ings (h s t ngz)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. [From Middle English husting, court of common pleas, from Old English h  sting, court, from Old Norse hsthing : hs, house + thing, assembly.] |
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]
hustings - Its early meaning of "platform" led to its sense of "any place from which campaign speeches are made" and "political campaigning."
See also related terms for platform.
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| 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 |
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