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单词 beadle
释义
beadle
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n

A beadle is a church leader. Often, a beadle serves as an usher or manages charities for the church.
The noun beadle isn't used very often in American English, though it's still a fairly common term in Britain, where beadles hold symbolic or ceremonial jobs in parishes or at universities. Perhaps the most famous fictional beadle is found in Charles Dickens' novel "Oliver Twist," the cruel Mr. Bumble. Beadle comes from an Old English root word, bydel, which means "a person who makes a proclamation."
WORD FAMILY
beadle: beadles
USAGE EXAMPLES
And the vengeance Sweeney seeks here feels as much political — a rebellion against elites, like judges and beadles — as personal.
New York Times(Jul 25, 2016)
Then Soames reappeared and plodded about like a parish beadle, backing down the steam radiator valves.
David Guterson, Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel(1994)
At five o'clock the beadle made his usual tour of inspection, went out and locked the door.
Seingalt, Jacques Casanova de, The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de...(2012)
n a minor parish official who serves a ceremonial function
Hyper
functionary, official
a worker who holds or is invested with an office
Beadle
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n

WORD FAMILY
Beadle: Beadles
USAGE EXAMPLES
Beadles struggled and was cut after two seasons.
Washington Times(Dec 02, 2016)
The heaviest losses have been in Brule, Aurora and Beadle counties.
Washington Times(Nov 28, 2016)
After practices, he would throw passes to teammate Wayne Beadle to keep his arm fresh.
Washington Post(Oct 05, 2016)
n United States biologist who discovered how hereditary characteristics are transmitted by genes (1903-1989)
Syn|Exp
George Beadle, George Wells Beadle
biologist, life scientist
(biology) a scientist who studies living organisms
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