sidesman

2 definitions found

sidesman - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Sidesman \Sides"man\, n.; pl. Sidesmen.
     1. A party man; a partisan. --Milton.
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     2. An assistant to the churchwarden; a questman.
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sidesman - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  sidesman
      n 1: (Church of England) an assistant to the churchwarden;
           collects offerings of money in the church