beadle
English
[ˈbiːdəɫ]
noun
Definitions
- a parish constable, a uniformed minor (lay) official, who ushers and keeps order
- (Scotland) an attendant to the minister
- a warrant officer
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English bedel, bidel inherited from Old English bydel (beadle, apparitor, messenger, warrant officer) inherited from Proto-Germanic *budilaz (herald, messenger) affix from English bid (offer, invite, command, proclaim, declare).
Origin
English
bid
Gloss
offer, invite, command, proclaim, declare
Concept
Semantic Field
Social and political relations
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
宣
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- beadledom English
- beadlehood English
- beadlery English
- beadleship English
- bid English
- bidale English
- biddability English
- biddable English
- bidder English
- biddest English
- biddeth English
- bidworthy English
- counterbid English
- cuebid English
- forbid English
- megabid English
- misbid English
- outbid English
- overbid English
- prebid English
- rebid English
- subbeadle English
- underbid English
- Büttel German
- bidello Italian
- beul Dutch, Flemish
- beulin Dutch, Flemish
- binnenbeul Dutch, Flemish
- dierenbeul Dutch, Flemish
- bedeau French
- *bʰewdʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *beudaną Proto-Germanic
- *budilaz Proto-Germanic
- bydel Old English
- bedel, bidel Middle English
- bidden Middle English
- bedel Old French
- buel Middle Dutch
- butil Old High German
- bütel Middle High German
- *budil Old Dutch
- bodel Middle Low German
- *bidil Frankish
- *budil Frankish