bedel
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin pedellus, bedellus, bidellus, from Middle English bedel; cognate with beadle.
Noun
bedel (plural bedels)
- (historical) An administrative official at universities in several European countries, often with a policiary function at the time when universities had their own jurisdiction over students.
- Oxford today has four bedels, representing Divinity, Law, Medicine, and Arts.
Afrikaans
Crimean Tatar
Declension
nominative | bedel |
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genitive | bedelniñ |
dative | bedelge |
accusative | bedelni |
locative | bedelde |
ablative | bedelden |
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbɛdel/
- Rhymes: -ɛdel
- Hyphenation: be‧del
Dutch
Etymology 1
From bedelen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbeːdəl/
- Hyphenation: be‧del
- Rhymes: -eːdəl
Derived terms
- bedelbidden
- bedelbruiker
Etymology 2
Borrowed from German Pedell, from Medieval Latin bidellus, bedellus, pedellus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bəˈdɛl/
- Hyphenation: be‧del
- Rhymes: -ɛl
Synonyms
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the main entry.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbeːdəl/
- Hyphenation: be‧del
- Rhymes: -eːdəl
Old French
Etymology
From Medieval Latin bidellus, bedellus, pedellus (hence Italian bidello; also Dutch bedel, German Pedell), from Frankish *bidil (“candidate, volunteer”), from Proto-Germanic *bidilaz (“seeker”), from Proto-Germanic *bidjaną (“to ask, beseech”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰidʰ- (“to command”), merging with Frankish *budil (“herald, beadle”), from Proto-Germanic *budilaz (“herald”), from Proto-Germanic *beudaną (“to present, offer”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- (“to comprehend, make aware”). Akin to Old High German bitil "candidate", Old High German bittan "to ask", Old High German butil "beadle" (whence German Büttel), Old English bydel "apparitor, messenger, beadle", Old English bēodan "to announce". More at beadle, bid.