First Known Use: 1679
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talesman
noun tales·man \ˈtālz-mən, ˈtā-lēz-\
Definition of TALESMAN
1
: a person added to a jury usually from among bystanders to make up a deficiency in the available number of jurors
2
: a member of a large pool of persons called for jury duty from which jurors are selected
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Origin of TALESMAN
Middle English tales talesmen, from Medieval Latin tales de circumstantibus such (persons) of the bystanders; from the wording of the writ summoning them
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