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Webster 1913 Edition


Wealsman

Weals′man

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Wealsmen
(#)
.
[
Weal
+
man
.]
A statesman; a politician.
[R.]
Shak.

Webster 1828 Edition


Wealsman

WEALSMAN

,
Noun.
[weal and man.] A name given sneeringly to a politician.

Definition 2024


wealsman

wealsman

English

Noun

wealsman (plural wealsmen)

  1. (archaic) A statesman.
    • 1605, William Shakespeare, Coriolanus:
      Meeting two such wealsmen as you are — I cannot call you Lycurguses — if the drink you give me touch my palate adversely, I make a crooked face at it.