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Bedesman

Definition: Bedesman

Bedesman

Noun

1. A person who is paid to pray for the soul of another.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 



Synonym: Bedesman

Synonym: beadsman (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Bedesman

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Servant

Serf, vassal, slave, negro, helot; bondsman, bondswoman; bondslave; ame damnee, odalisque, ryot, adscriptus gleboe; villian, villein; beadsman, bedesman; sizar; pensioner, pensionary; client; dependant, dependent; hanger on, satellite; parasite; (servility); led captain; protege, ward, hireling, mercenary, puppet, tool, creature.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Bedesman

English words defined with "bedesman": -men. (references)
Specialty definitions using "bedesman": Ochiltree. (references)

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Anagrams: Bedesman

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: beadsmen.

Words within the letters "a-b-d-e-e-m-n-s"

-1 letter: basemen, beadmen, bedamns, bedeman, bemeans, benamed, benames, demeans, seedman.

-2 letters: adeems, amends, badmen, beamed, beaned, bedamn, bemean, bename, debase, demean, desman, edemas, embeds, emends, enemas, menads, mensae, mensed, seabed, seamed, seamen.

-3 letters: adeem, admen, aedes, amend, amens, bands, baned, banes, based, beads, beams, beans, bemas, bends, benes, dames, damns, deans, deems, demes, denes, dense, eased, edema, embed, emend, enema, mabes, maned, manes, manse, meads, means, meeds, menad, mends, mensa, mense, mesne, nabes, named, names, needs, neems, nemas, sabed, saned, sedan, semen.

-4 letters: abed, amen, ands, anes, bade, bads, bams, band, bane, bans, base, bead, beam, bean, beds, been, bees, bema, bend, bene, bens, dabs, dame, damn, dams, dean, debs, deem, dees, deme, dene, dens, ease, emes, ends, mabe, made, mads, maes, mane, mans, mead, mean, meed, mend, mesa, nabe, nabs, name, nebs, need, neem, nema, sabe, sade, same, sand, sane, seam, seed, seem, seen, seme, send, sene, sned.

-5 letters: abs, ads, and, ane, bad, bam, ban, bas, bed, bee, ben, dab, dam, deb, dee, den, eds, eme, ems, end, ens, mad, mae, man, mas, med, men, nab, nae, nam, neb, nee, sab, sad, sae, sea, see, sen.

 Words containing the letters "a-b-d-e-e-m-n-s"
 

+1 letter: bemaddens, endamebas.

 

+2 letters: debarments, debasement, endamoebas.

 

+3 letters: debasements, debatements, disablement, unassembled.

 

+4 letters: abridgements, absentminded, damnableness, demonstrable, disablements, sedimentable.

 

+5 letters: admirableness, bedazzlements, imponderables, subdepartment, unembarrassed.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Bedesman


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

42 65 64 65 73 6D 61 6E

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

-...    .    -..    .    ...    --    .-    -.

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000010 01100101 01100100 01100101 01110011 01101101 01100001 01101110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#66 &#101 &#100 &#101 &#115 &#109 &#97 &#110

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0042 0065 0064 0065 0073 006D 0061 006E

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

3671707185796780

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Anagrams
5. Orthography
6. Bibliography


  

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