bedesman

How to use bedesman in a sentence

• "Edie Ochiltree, nae maister—your puir bedesman and the king's," answered the Blue-Gown.

  The Antiquary, Complete | Sir Walter Scott

• "Really, sir, I dinna feel myself called on to remember," replied the cautious bedesman.

  The Antiquary, Complete | Sir Walter Scott

• The ancient bedesman was hurt, and possibly, had he been a younger man, he would have hurt this scoffer in return.

  The Dover Road | Charles G. Harper

• In consequence of its use in this general sense of pensioner, “bedesman” was long used in English as equivalent to “servant.”

  Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 4 | Various

• bedesman, one who says prayers for another, humble servant; III.

  Arden of Feversham | Anonymous