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# beadle

«beadle» in Mova's school dictionary: **A beadle was a minor officer in a town or parish who kept…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (beadles)

### meaning for a pupil

(old use) A beadle was a minor officer in a town or parish who kept order, called people to meetings or rang the bell. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beadle/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in old town stories, a local officer who comes in with news or to keep order

### examples

- The beadle rang the bell for the meeting. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beadle/#x1)
- The town beadle ran in with the news. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beadle/#x2)
- In the old village the beadle walked in front of the mayor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beadle/#x3)
- The beadle kept the crowd quiet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beadle/#x4)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «beadle» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beadle/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.