beadle
noun/ˈbiːdəl/
Etymology
From Middle English bedel, bidel, from Old English bydel (“warrant officer, apparitor”), from Proto-West Germanic *budil, from Proto-Germanic *budilaz (“herald”), equivalent to bid + -le. Cognate with Dutch beul, German Büttel. More at bid.
Definitions
A parish constable, a uniformed minor (lay) official, who ushers and keeps order.
- Yes, yes, begad—of course you go out with him—it’s like the country, you know; everybody goes out with everybody in the Gardens, and there are beadles, you know, and that sort of thing—everybody walks in the Temple Gardens.
An attendant to the minister.
A warrant officer.
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A surname originating as an occupation for a court official.
The neighborhood
Derived
beadledom, beadlehood, beadleism, beadlery, beadleship, beagle, subbeadle, underbeadle
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