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

Example Sentences

Fred and he did not seem to be very pleased to see each other again, and since they always got on my nerves I went into my bedder to finish dressing.

From Godfrey Marten, Undergraduate by Turley, Charles

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 Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

You know you haf bedder look von de vind as Ah got.

From Great Sea Stories by French, Joseph Lewis

I said, without turning round, and instead of answering me Jack went straight into his bedder and seemed to be washing himself vigorously.

From Godfrey Marten, Undergraduate by Turley, Charles

After he came back to Snutch's rooms and read a shilling novel which he had found in the bedder.

From Years of Plenty by Brown, Ivor