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Bedesman

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Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. Obsolete form of beadsman.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. Same as beadsman.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. See beadsman.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a person who is paid to pray for the soul of another

Word Usage

"‘I was only coming to ask after your reverence,’ said the old bedesman, touching his hat; ‘and to inquire about the news from London,’ he added after a pause."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

prayer supplicant

Variant

beadsmen beadsman