'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]

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