bedesman
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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"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
Blue-gown, in Scotland a beggar, a bedesman of the king, who wore a blue gown, the gift of the king, and had his license to beg.
From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by P. Austin Nuttall
This was John Bunce, bedesman from Hiram's Hospital,—and none perhaps there had known Mr. Harding better than he had known him.
From The Last Chronicle of Barset by Anthony Trollope
The ancient bedesman was hurt, and possibly, had he been a younger man, he would have hurt this scoffer in return.
From The Dover Road Annals of an Ancient Turnpike by Charles G. Harper
As he was passing the porter's lodge, who should he see in it but his father, old Jenkins, the bedesman, holding a gossip with Ketch; and they saw him.
From The Channings by Mrs. Henry Wood
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