bedel

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 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. historical
    — Oxford today has four bedels, representing Divinity, Law, Medicine, and Arts.

词形变化

bedels plural

词源

Borrowed from Medieval Latin pedellus, bedellus, bidellus, from Middle English bedel; cognate with beadle.
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