bedesman
Britishnoun
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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
And so praying you, ghostly father, for your blessing, I greet you well, and rest your grateful bedesman and servant,
From The Prince and the Page; a story of the last crusade by Charlotte Mary Yonge
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 George MacDonald
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 Sir Walter Scott
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
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