Bea·dle (b d l), George Wells 1903-1989. American biologist. He shared a 1958 Nobel Prize for discovering how genes transmit hereditary characteristics. |
| bea·dle (bdl) n. A minor parish official formerly employed in an English church to usher and keep order during services. [Middle English bedel, herald (from Old English bydel) and from Old French bedel (from Medieval Latin bedellus, from Old High German butil; see bheudh- in Indo-European roots).] |
beadle
Noun
1. Brit (formerly) a minor parish official who acted as an usher
2. Scot a church official who attends the minister [Old English bydel]
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| Noun | 1. | beadle - a minor parish official who serves a ceremonial function Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom functionary, official - a worker who holds or is invested with an office |
| 2. | Beadle - United States biologist who discovered how hereditary characteristics are transmitted by genes (1903-1989) |
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