'Beadle' definitions:
Definition of 'beadle'
(from WordNet)
noun
A minor parish official who serves a ceremonial function
noun
United States biologist who discovered how hereditary characteristics are transmitted by genes (1903-1989) [syn: Beadle, George Beadle, George Wells Beadle]
Definition of 'Beadle'
From: GCIDE
- Beadle \Bea"dle\, n. [OE. bedel, bidel, budel, OF. bedel, F. bedeau, fr. OHG. butil, putil, G. b["u]ttel, fr. OHG. biotan, G. bieten, to bid, confused with AS. bydel, the same word as OHG. butil. See. Bid, v.]
- 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. An officer in a university, who precedes public processions of officers and students. [Eng.] [1913 Webster]
- Note: In this sense the archaic spellings bedel (Oxford) and bedell (Cambridge) are preserved. [1913 Webster]
- 3. 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'beadle'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acolyte,
- almoner,
- anagnost,
- bailiff,
- beagle,
- bedral,
- Bible clerk,
- Bible reader,
- bound bailiff,
- capitular,
- capitulary,
- captain,
- catchpole,
- chief of police,
- choir chaplain,
- churchwarden,
- clerk,
- commissioner,
- constable,
- deacon,
- deaconess,
- deputy,
- deputy sheriff,
- detective,
- elder,
- elderman,
- fed,
- federal,
- flic,
- G-man,
- gendarme,
- government man,
- inspector,
- lay elder,
- lay reader,
- lector,
- lecturer,
- lictor,
- lieutenant,
- mace-bearer,
- marshal,
- mounted policeman,
- MP,
- narc,
- officer,
- parish clerk,
- patrolman,
- peace officer,
- police captain,
- police commissioner,
- police constable,
- police inspector,
- police matron,
- police officer,
- police sergeant,
- policeman,
- policewoman,
- portreeve,
- precentor,
- reader,
- reeve,
- roundsman,
- ruling elder,
- sacrist,
- sacristan,
- sergeant,
- sergeant at arms,
- sexton,
- shames,
- sheriff,
- sidesman,
- succentor,
- suisse,
- superintendent,
- teaching elder,
- thurifer,
- tipstaff,
- tipstaves,
- trooper,
- verger,
- vergeress
Beadle -- U.S. County in South Dakota
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Beadle -- U.S. County in South Dakota
Population (2000) :
17023
Housing Units (2000) :
8206
Land area (2000) :
1258.696136 sq. miles (3260.007889 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
6.126141 sq. miles (15.866631 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
1264.822277 sq. miles (3275.874520 sq. km)
Located within :
South Dakota (SD), FIPS 46
Location :
44.407146 N, 98.264937 W