stavesman

== English == === Etymology === From stave +‎ -s- +‎ -man. === Noun === stavesman (plural stavesmen) An official bearing a stave or wand. === References === James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Stave IV. 8. c. stavesman”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume IX, Part 1 (Si–St), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 870, column 3.