Main Entry:

tales·man

Pronunciation:

\ˈtālz-mən, ˈtā-lēz-\

Function:

noun

Etymology:

Middle English tales talesmen, from Medieval Latin tales de circumstantibus such (persons) of the bystanders; from the wording of the writ summoning them

Date:

1679

1 : a person added to a jury usually from among bystanders to make up a deficiency in the available number of jurors 2 : a member of a large pool of persons called for jury duty from which jurors are selected