Usually means: Officer assisting judges in court.
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We found 24 dictionaries that define the word tipstaff:

General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. tipstaff: Merriam-Webster
  2. tipstaff: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. tipstaff: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. tipstaff: Collins English Dictionary
  5. tipstaff: Vocabulary.com
  6. tipstaff: Wordnik
  7. tipstaff: Wiktionary
  8. tipstaff: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. tipstaff: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. tipstaff: Dictionary.com
  11. tipstaff: Online Etymology Dictionary
  12. Tipstaff: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Tipstaff: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. tipstaff: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. tipstaff: Rhymezone
  16. Tipstaff: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. Tipstaff: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  18. tipstaff: FreeDictionary.org
  19. tipstaff: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. tipstaff: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  2. The Tipstaff, Tipstaff: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. The Tipstaff, tipstaff: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. TIPSTAFF, TIPSTAFF, TIPSTAFF: Terminology and Descriptions of Geneaological Words

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Definitions from Wiktionary (tipstaff)

noun:  A ceremonial staff, with a metal tip, carried by a constable or bailiff etc as a sign of office
noun:  An officer, of a court etc. who carries such a staff

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