bedmaker

American  

[bed-mey-ker] / ˈbɛdˌmeɪ kər /

noun

1. a person who makes up beds.

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

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Other Word Forms

• bedmaking noun

Etymology

Origin of bedmaker

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

Example Sentences

As for the bedmaker, she's a dream, a kind of cheerful, innocent nightmare; I never saw so poor an imitation of humanity.

From Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson — Volume 1 by Stevenson, Robert Louis

Had he acted discourteously to his bedmaker or his gyp, he would have minded just as much, which was not polite of him.

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

The bedmaker, the men passing through the Court beneath his windows, the porter at the gate—these people were unreal, and above him, around him, the mist seemed ever about to break into new terrible presences.

From The Prelude to Adventure by Walpole, Hugh, Sir

Well, now, did I see him two years ago—as a bedmaker in something they did at the Foot Lights?

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

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