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tipstaff


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tipstaff  \Tip"staff`\,  n.;  pl  {Tipstaff}. 
  1.  A  staff  tipped  with  metal.  --Bacon. 
 
  2.  An  officer  who  bears  a  staff  tipped  with  metal;  a 
  constable.  --Macaulay. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  tipstaff 
  n  :  staff  with  a  metal  tip  carried  as  a  sign  of  office  by  e.g.  a 
  bailiff  or  constable 




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