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beadle

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6 lettersPronunciation /ˈbiːdəl/Part of speech nounSorted abdeelStarts with BEnds with E0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. a minor parish official who serves a ceremonial function

Word origin

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.

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  • His face expressed horror and indignation. Instinct rather than reason came to my help; he was a Beadle; I was a woman.

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