sidesman

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

sidesman
    n 1: (Church of England) an assistant to the churchwarden;
         collects offerings of money in the church

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Sidesman \Sides"man\, n.; pl. {Sidesmen}.
   1. A party man; a partisan. --Milton.
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   2. An assistant to the churchwarden; a questman.
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