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单词 bedel
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bedel

/ˈbiːd(ə)l / /bɪˈdɛl /
(also bedell)
noun British
(In some British universities) an official with largely ceremonial duties.The Esquire Bedels were superior to others in standing and provided the inferior bedels with food and shoes....
  • At Oxford there are four bedels, representing the faculties of law, medicine, arts and divinity.
  • The university marshal arrived with the six ‘bedels,’ who are proctors carrying long silver rods to intimidate unruly undergraduates into better behavior.

Origin

Late Middle English: archaic spelling of beadle.

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