n. One who makes proclamation; a herald.n. A crier or messenger of a court; a servitor; one who cites persons to appear and answer.n. In universities, a subaltern official or servant, properly and usually termed a bedel (which see).n. In England, a parish officer having various subordinate duties, such as keeping order in church, punishing petty offenders, waiting on the clergyman, attending meetings of vestry or session, etc.n. The apparitor of a trades guild or company. Also spelled bedell and bedel, in senses 2 and 3.