Bedesman Definition

Bedesman Sentence Examples

• 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 1863 the last payment was paid to a bedesman.

• In consequence of its use in this general sense of pensioner, "bedesman" was long used in English as equivalent to "servant."