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TIPSTAFF
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Dictionary entry overview: What does tipstaff mean?
• TIPSTAFF (noun)
The noun TIPSTAFF has 1 sense:
1. staff with a metal tip carried as a sign of office by e.g. a bailiff or constable
Familiarity information: TIPSTAFF used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Staff with a metal tip carried as a sign of office by e.g. a bailiff or constable
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("tipstaff" is a kind of...):
staff (a rod carried as a symbol)
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