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beadsman definition

beads·man (bēdz′mən)

noun pl. beadsmen -·men (-mən)

  1. a person who prays for another, esp. one paid to do so
  2. a person in a poorhouse

Etymology: ME bedeman < bede, prayer (see bead) + man, man

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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