bedesman

bedes·man

noun

pl. -·men

beadsman

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Noun

(plural bedesmen)

Obsolete form of beadsman.

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BEDESMAN, or Beadsman (Med.
On the king's birthday each bedesman received a new blue gown, a loaf, a bottle of ale, and a leathern purse containing a penny for every year of the king's life.
In consequence of its use in this general sense of pensioner, "bedesman" was long used in English as equivalent to "servant."

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