hustings

English

Pronunciation

• (Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈhʌstɪŋz/

Etymology 1

Originally the plural of husting, later construed as a singular.

Noun

hustings (plural hustings)

1. A platform where candidates in an election give speeches; a husting.
   • 1749, Henry Fielding, From This World to the Next:

     I now mounted the hustings, and, without any regard to decency or modesty, made as emphatical a speech in favour of the king as before I had done against him.

2. (by extension) An election campaign.

   Washington is awfully deserted now that every congressman is out on the hustings.

   • 2019 November 30, Eleanor Busby, “Matt Hancock booed and heckled by crowd as hustings descends into chaos”, in The Independent‎^[1]:

     Health secretary Matt Hancock was booed and heckled at a general election hustings in his constituency after he launched an attack on Jeremy Corbyn over his handling of antisemitism.

Translations

platform

• Finnish: vaalitilaisuus

campaign

• Bulgarian: предизборна кампания f (predizborna kampanija)
• Finnish: vaalikampanja (fi)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

hustings

1. plural of husting

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