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Synonyms for bedel

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Noun

poker slang dated UK

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    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.

Forms

Plural
bedels → pokers…

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
bedelsteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

5 letters
poker2

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (poker2 = 2 syllables).