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
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 Harper, Charles G.
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.
"Goot Maister Edies Ochiltrees"— "Edie Ochiltree, nae maister—your puir bedesman and the king's," answered the Blue-Gown.
From The Antiquary — Volume 02 by Scott, Walter, Sir
"I was only coming to ask after your reverence," said the old bedesman, touching his hat; "and to inquire about the news from London," he added after a pause.
From The Warden by Trollope, Anthony
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