BEADLE

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

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.
n.

An officer in a university, who precedes public processions of officers and students. [Eng.]

3.
n.

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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