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Definitions for Beadle
[1] a parish officer having various subordinate duties, as keeping order during services, waiting on the rector, etc.
[2] sexton(def 2) .
[3] George Wells, 1903–1989, U.S. biologist and educator: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1958.
[4] (formerly, in the Church of England) a minor parish official who acted as an usher and kept order
[5] (in Scotland) a church official attending on the minister
[6] Judaism a synagogue attendant See also shammes
[7] an official in certain British universities and other institutions
[8] George Wells . 1903–89, US biologist, who shared the Nobel prize for physiology or medicine in 1958 for his work in genetics
Words nearby Beadle
beadeye, beadflush, beadhouse, beading, beading of ribs, beadle, beadledom, beadroll, beadsman, beadswoman, beadwork
Origin of Beadle
before 1000; Middle English bedel, dial. (SE) variant of bidel, Old English bydel apparitor, herald (cognate with German Büttel ), equivalent to bud- (weak stem of bēodan to command) + -il noun suffix
Other words from Beadle
sub·bea·dle , noun
un·der·bea·dle , noun
Word origin for Beadle
Old English bydel ; related to Old High German butil bailiff