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1. (n.) beadle
a parish officer who performs various duties, as keeping order during the service.
Etymology: (1745–55)
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1. (noun) beadle
a minor parish official who serves a ceremonial function
2. (noun) Beadle, George Beadle, George Wells Beadle
United States biologist who discovered how hereditary characteristics are transmitted by genes (1903-1989)
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1. beadle
a messenger or crier of a court; a servitor; one who cites or bids persons to appear and answer; -- called also an apparitor or summoner
2. beadle
an officer in a university, who precedes public processions of officers and students
3. beadle
an inferior parish officer in England having a variety of duties, as the preservation of order in church service, the chastisement of petty offenders, etc
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