Black Rod

English

Noun

Black Rod (plural Black Rods)

  1. Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod
  2. An usher in the legislature of British colonies.
    • Macaulay
      Committed to the custody of the Black Rod.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for Black Rod in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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