Talesman is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.
You can make 399 anagrams from letters in talesman (aaelmnst).
First recorded in 1670-80; tales + man1
The talesman in question was John Martin Kelly, a real estate salesman.
Not a talesman in the length and breadth of Brabant County who could swear truthfully that he had formed no opinion on the case.
The talesman, of course, inevitably replied in the negative.