Talk:talesman

Any evidence for def. 1?
Def 1 sounds logical, but that may be just folk etymology. The dictionaries I've consulted show only def. 2. E.g., http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/talesman :

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.

This meaning would be related to "tally", meaning "count".

Thnidu (talk) 02:07, 12 February 2016 (UTC)