SIDESMAN

sidesman

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

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Corruption of synod's man.

Noun

sidesman (plural sidesmen)

An assistant to a churchwarden, one of whose duties is to collect offerings during a service.

Synonyms

• questman (obsolete)

Anagrams

• Seidmans

Source: Wiktionary


Sides"man, n.; pl. Sidesmen (.

1. A party man; a partisan. Milton.

2. An assistant to the churchwarden; a questman.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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