sidesman
(noun) (Church of England) an assistant to the churchwarden; collects offerings of money in the church
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Corruption of synod's man.
sidesman (plural sidesmen)
An assistant to a churchwarden, one of whose duties is to collect offerings during a service.
• questman (obsolete)
• 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
29 March 2025
(adjective) without care or thought for others; “the thoughtless saying of a great princess on being informed that the people had no bread; ‘Let them eat cake’”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
