beadle
beadle is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.An officer in a university, who precedes public processions of officers and students. [Eng.] Note: In this sense the archaic spellings bedel (Oxford) and bedell (Cambridge) are preserved.
- 2.An inferior parish officer in England having a variety of duties, as the preservation of order in church service, the chastisement of petty offenders, etc.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- administration
- administrative
- aedile
- alguazil
- arm
- authority
- bailiff
- bailiwick
- bearer
- bedel
- bung
- bureau
- catchpoll
- causidical
- cerberus
- commission
- constable
- constabulary
- cop
- cork
- coroner
- corporation
- cover
- customhouse
- department
- doorkeeper
- dossil
- douanier
- edile
- exciseman
- executive
- extension
- extradite
- extradition
- force
- fuzz
- gager
- gang
- gauger
- gendarme
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is beadle.
- What is an officer in a university, who precedes public processions of officers and students. [Eng.] Note: In this sense the archaic spellings bedel (Oxford) and bedell (Cambridge) are preserved called?
- What is an inferior parish officer in England having a variety of duties, as the preservation of order in church service, the chastisement of petty offenders, etc called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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