Tipstaff
Pronunciation : Tip"staff`
Part of Speech : n.;
Definition : 1. A staff tipped with metal. Bacon.
2. An officer who bears a staff tipped with metal; a constable. Macaulay.
pl. Tipstaff (.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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