hustings

pl.n. (used with a sing. or pl. verb)

1. 1. A place where political campaign speeches are made: a candidate out on the hustings in the farm belt.
   2. The activities involved in political campaigning: a veteran of the hustings.
2. Chiefly British. A court formerly held in some English cities and still held infrequently in London.
3. Chiefly British.
   1. A platform on which candidates for Parliament formerly stood to address the electors.
   2. The proceedings of a parliamentary election.

[From Middle English husting, court of common pleas, from Old English hūsting, court, from Old Norse hūsthing : hūs, house + thing, assembly.]

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: the activities involved in political campaigning (especially speech making)

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Dansk (Danish)
n., -
n. pl. - talertribune, valgkampagne

Nederlands (Dutch)
verkiezingscampagne, verkiezingstribune (historisch)

Français (French)
n. pl. - tribune, (fig) campagne électorale

Deutsch (German)
n. pl. - Wahlveranstaltungen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. pl. - ικρίωμα ή τόπος εκφώνησης προεκλογικού λόγου, προεκλογικός αγώνας

Italiano (Italian)
campagna elettorale, tribuna

Português (Portuguese)
n. pl. - palanque (m) para campanha política

Русский (Russian)
главный городской суд Лондона, трибуна для предвыборных выступлений

Español (Spanish)
n. pl. - elecciones, tribuna electoral, plataforma

Svenska (Swedish)
n. pl. - valrörelse, valkampanj, talarstol, -tribun

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
选举手续, 政见发表会场

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 選舉手續, 政見發表會場
n. pl. - 選舉手續, 政見發表會場

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 선거 수속, 연설회장, 하급법원
n. pl. - 국회의원 후보자를 지명하는 명단

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 法廷, 演壇

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الجمع) محكمه محليه, منبر لتسميه المرشحين للانتخابات النيابيه أو لالقاء الخطب الانتخابيه, اجراءات حمله انتخابيه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮תעמולת בחירות‬
n. pl. - ‮תעמולת בחירות‬

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