beadle
Meanings
Plural: beadles
Noun
- a minor parish official who serves a ceremonial function
- United States biologist who discovered how hereditary characteristics are transmitted by genes (1903-1989)
- A parish constable, a uniformed minor (lay) official, who ushers and keeps order.
- An attendant to the minister.
- A warrant officer.
Origin / 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.
Synonyms
George Beadle, George Wells Beadle
Scrabble Score: 9
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Words With Friends Score: 11
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