bedesman

English

Noun

bedesman (plural bedesmen)

1. Obsolete form of beadsman.
   • 1883, “Earl Risingham”, in The Black Arrow:

     I am your bedesman for this letter.

   • 1857, Anthony Trollope, Barchester Towers:

     […] the place of warden in Hiram's hospital was again to be filled up, and he would once more return to […] his twelve bedesmen.

References

• “bedesman”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• beadsmen, beam-ends