bedmaker

American  

[bed-mey-ker] / ˈbɛdˌmeɪ kər /

noun

1. a person who makes up beds.

2. a person who constructs beds, as a carpenter.

---

Other Word Forms

• bedmaking noun

Etymology

Origin of bedmaker

late Middle English word dating back to 1425–75; see origin at bed, maker

Example Sentences

His bedmaker, equally peevish, explained how it had happened.

From The Longest Journey by Forster, E. M. (Edward Morgan)

Pappy was de bedmaker; he made most of de beds outen poplar.

From Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume I, Alabama Narratives by United States. Work Projects Administration

My bedmaker has just been here to ask whether you were an elderly lady, and whether you would wish your bread-and-butter cut thick or thin?

From Old Kensington by Thackeray, Miss

Stick to college—stick to punch and buttery ale: and never see a woman that's handsomer than an old cinder-faced bedmaker.

From Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges by Saintsbury, George

He woke to the comfortable accustomed voices of Mrs. Ridge, his bedmaker, and Miss Annett, her assistant.

From The Prelude to Adventure by Walpole, Hugh, Sir