beadle

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a parish constable, a uniformed minor (lay) official, who ushers and keeps order
a warrant officer
an attendant to the minister
{n} a cryer, messenger, petty officer of a court, parish, college
An officer in a university, who precedes public processions of officers and students
a minor parish official who serves as an usher and preserves order at services United States biologist who discovered how hereditary characteristics are transmitted by genes (1903-1989)
United States biologist who discovered how hereditary characteristics are transmitted by genes (1903-1989)
An inferior parish officer in England having a variety of duties, as the preservation of order in church service, the chastisement of petty offenders, etc
{i} parish official; ceremonial officer (e.g. of a church, college or city)
a parish constable
a minor parish official who serves as an usher and preserves order at services
A messenger or crier of a court; a servitor; one who cites or bids persons to appear and answer; called also an apparitor or summoner
an officer in British churches in the past, who helped the priest in various ways, especially by keeping order
George Wells Beadle
born Oct. 22, 1903, Wahoo, Neb., U.S. died June 9, 1989, Pomona, Calif. U.S. geneticist. He earned his Ph.D. from Cornell University. While studying Drosophila, he realized that genes must influence heredity chemically and designed a complex technique to determine the nature of those effects, showing that something as apparently simple as eye colour results from a long series of chemical reactions, which are affected by genes. With Edward L. Tatum, he found that the total environment of a bread mold could be varied so that researchers could locate and identify mutations relatively easily, concluding that each gene determines the structure of a specific enzyme, which in turn allows a single chemical reaction to proceed. For the "one gene, one enzyme" concept, they shared a 1958 Nobel Prize with Joshua Lederberg. Beadle later served as president of the University of Chicago (1960-68)
beadles
plural of beadle
beadle

    Hyphenation

    Bea·dle

    Turkish pronunciation

    bidıl

    Pronunciation

    /ˈbēdəl/ /ˈbiːdəl/

    Etymology

    [ 'bE-d&l ] (noun.) 1581. From Middle English bedel, bidel from Old English bydel "warrant officer, apparitor" from Proto-Germanic *budilaz (“herald”) from Proto-Germanic *beudanan (“to present, offer”) from Proto-Indo-European *bheudh- (“to comprehend, make aware”). Akin to Old High German butil "beadle" (German Büttel), Old English bēodan "to announce". More at bid.
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