bedesman
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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He therefore uttered with a hasty and trembling voice—"Your lordship's honour is mistaken—I am not of your persuasion, nor a clergyman, but, with all reverence, only puir Edie Ochiltree, the king's bedesman and your honour's."
From The Antiquary — Volume 02 by Scott, Walter, Sir
"If ye gang, I'll gang too," said the bedesman.
From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 07 — Fiction by Mee, Arthur
Or prayer of bedesman, praying mild, As a cup of water a feverish child, Sooth thee at last, in dreamless mood To sleep the sleep a dead lady should?
From Phantastes, a Faerie Romance for Men and Women by MacDonald, George
That gentleman stood in the cloisters, into which he had seduced old Jenkins, the bedesman, having waited for the twilight hour, that he might make sure no one else would be there.
From The Channings by Wood, Henry, Mrs.
A medieval underling writing to his superior often signs himself "your servant and bedesman."
From The Romance of Names by Weekley, Ernest
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