bedesman
Britishnoun
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He was a son of old Jenkins, the bedesman, and his wife kept a small hosiery shop in High Street.
From The Channings by Mrs. Henry Wood
A medieval underling writing to his superior often signs himself "your servant and bedesman."
From The Romance of Names by Ernest Weekley
A tankard of hot ale will chase away omens, whether of bishop or bedesman.’
From The Caged Lion by Charlotte Mary Yonge
"Jenkins," he called out to the old bedesman, who had been blowing for him, "you may go to your dinner; I shan't want you any more now."
From The Channings by Mrs. Henry Wood
They take field after field, house after house; turn the farmer into the beggar, and the beggar into their bedesman.
From The King's Achievement by Robert Hugh Benson
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