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Bedel

name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from French.
Noun
  1. 1
    An administrative official at universities in several European countries, often with a policiary function at the time when universities had their own jurisdiction over students. historical

    "Oxford today has four bedels, representing Divinity, Law, Medicine, and Arts."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Medieval Latin pedellus, bedellus, bidellus, from Middle English bedel; cognate with beadle.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French Bedel.

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