Definition of Hoastmen

1. hoastman [n] - See also: hoastman

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hoastmen

hoary
hoary alison
hoary alyssum
hoary golden bush
hoary marmot
hoary marmots
hoary pea
hoary plantain
hoary puccoon
hoary willow
hoas
hoast
hoasted
hoasting
hoastman
hoastmen (current term)
hoasts
hoatzin
hoatzines
hoatzins
hoax
hoaxed
hoaxee
hoaxees
hoaxer
hoaxers
hoaxes
hoaxing
hoaxlike
hoaxster

Literary usage of Hoastmen

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Extracts from the Records of the Company of Hostmen of Newcastle-upon-Tyne by Frederick Walter Dendy (1901)
"Towne, beside the saide incorporacion of the saide hoastmen ... of •w°h saide Chre. the saide hoastmen did laye out & expende ..."

2. The Antiquarian Magazine & Bibliographer by Edward Walford (1885)
"hoastmen. — This was one of the earliest fraternities in Newcastle, and has existed from time immemorial. By a clause in the great charter granted by Queen ..."

3. Memoirs Chiefly Illustrative of the History and Antiquities of Northumberland by Charles Henry Hartshorne (1858)
"hands of three of the hoastmen to be chosen by the xi, ... The hoastmen shall assemble at their Meeting House and chose xi persons out of the " fittest" ..."

4. Extracts from the Records of the Merchant Adventurers of Newcastle-upon-Tyne by Merchant Adventurers of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, John Roberts Boyle, Frederick Walter Dendy (1899)
"... members of this Fellowship, petitioned setting forth that they had applyed to the Governor and Company of hoastmen at a Court by them held on Friday the ..."

5. The Borough of South Shields: From the Earliest Period to the Close of the by George B. Hodgson (1903)
"... for by an ordinance dated Oct. 2, 1691,1 the hoastmen determined to confiscate all coals loaded there :—' Whereas by the ancient customes, franchises, ..."

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