beadle

1. v. A messenger or crier of a court; a servitor; one who cites or bids persons to appear and answer; -- called also an apparitor or summoner. Source: opted

2. v. An officer in a university, who precedes public processions of officers and students. Source: opted

3. v. 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: opted

4. n. a minor parish official who serves a ceremonial function Source: wordnet

5. 1. A messenger or crier of a court; a servitor; one who cites or bids persons to appear and answer; -- called also an apparitor or summoner. 2. 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. 3. 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

6. n:100 n. a minor parish official who serves a ceremonial function n. United States biologist who discovered how hereditary characteristics are transmitted by genes (1903-1989) Source: ecdict

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