bedder

American  

[bed-er] / ˈbɛd ər /

noun

1. bedmaker.

2. Also called bedding plant. Horticulture. an ornamental plant that is suitable for planting with other plants in a bed to achieve a desired visual effect.

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bedder British  

/ ˈbɛdə /

noun

1. (at some universities) a college servant employed to keep students' rooms in order

2. a plant that may be grown in a garden bed

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Etymology

Origin of bedder

First recorded in 1605–15; bed + -er ¹

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Example Sentences

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bedder

Vare goot, Sare Stephen; dee sooner a ting ees congluded, de bedder.

From At Love's Cost by Charles Garvice

Before I went into my bedder I looked at my cheque-book, and it gave me no satisfaction.

From Godfrey Marten, Undergraduate by Charles Turley

The "bedder" had a tiny slot of a window opening on to the kitchens of a neighbouring college: the "sitter" was slightly larger but just as dark.

From Years of Plenty by Ivor Brown

Home is a good thing to remember," he said earnestly, "and a bedder thing not to be ashamed of.

From Cap'n Dan's Daughter by Joseph Crosby Lincoln

When a child wants to indicate milk, it wants to say milk, and not "mooka" or "mik," and when it wants to indicate bed, the needed word is not "bedder" or "bye-bye," but "bed."

From Mankind in the Making by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

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