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noun
The (male) author or relater of a tale; storyteller.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
Someone summoned to a jury when a tales is awarded, to make up numbers.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: law
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History
Etymology tree English tale English -s- Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man English man English talesman From tale + -s- + man.
From tales + man.
