beadle

名词 beadle:

1. a minor parish official who serves as an usher and preserves order at services
2. United States biologist who discovered how hereditary characteristics are transmitted by genes (1903-1989)
   同义词：George Beadle, George Wells Beadle

bea.dle

n.（名词）
A minor parish official formerly employed in an English church to usher and keep order during services.
教区助理人员：昔日被英国教会雇佣来在小教区教堂礼拜时，引人入座、维持秩序的人

来源：
Middle English bedel [herald] from Old English bydel
中古英语 bedel [使者，传令官] 源自 古英语 bydel
and from Old French bedel from Medieval Latin bedellus from Old High German butil * see bheudh-
并源自 古法语 bedel 源自 中世纪拉丁语 bedellus 源自 古高地德语 butil *参见 bheudh-