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Black Rod

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i.e. “Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod,” so called from his staff of office—a black wand surmounted by a lion.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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