beadle

Wiktionary 原文

/ˈbiːdəl/

n.: 教区执事，英国大学典礼仪仗官

中文释义来自 ECDICT

构词拆解

bid

词干

-le

后缀

-le: A frequentative suffix of verbs, indicating repetition or continuousness:

词源链

原始日耳曼语Proto-Germanic约前 500–公元 200 年
*budilaz‘herald’
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原始西日耳曼语Proto-West Germanic
*budil
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古英语Old English约 450–1150 年
bydel‘warrant officer, apparitor’
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词源说明

From Middle English bedel, bidel, from Old English bydel (“warrant officer, apparitor”), from Proto-West Germanic *budil, from Proto-Germanic *budilaz (“herald”), equivalent to bid +‎ -le. Cognate with Dutch beul, German Büttel. More at bid.

释义

名词noun

1A parish constable, a uniformed minor (lay) official, who ushers and keeps order.
2(Scotland, ecclesiastical) An attendant to the minister.
3A warrant officer.

同族词

派生词 8

beadlehood