Sidesman

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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