beadle
noun
- Historical a minor parish officer in the Church of England, who kept order in church
- Obsolete a messenger of a law court
See beadle in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(bēdˈl)
noun A minor parish official formerly employed in an English church to usher and keep order during services.
(bēdˈl), George Wells 1903-1989.
American biologist. He shared a 1958 Nobel Prize for discovering how genes transmit hereditary characteristics.
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