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noun
- 1. a plant suitable for use as a bedding plant.
- 2. a servant employed to clean rooms in Cambridge colleges. informal British
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BEDDER definition: 1. a bedding plant: 2. used to form nouns meaning a house, flat, or building with the stated…. Learn more.
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BEDDER meaning: 1. a bedding plant: 2. used to form nouns...
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bedder definicja: 1. a bedding plant: 2. used to form nouns...
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Bedder definition: bedmaker (def. 1). . See examples of BEDDER used in a sentence.
The meaning of BEDDER is a bedding plant.
Bedder. The term " bedder " is short for "bedmaker" and is the official term for a housekeeper in a college of the University of Cambridge. [1] The equivalent at the University of Oxford is known as a " scout ". [2]
There are five meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun bedder, one of which is labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
Bedder, n.³ is a noun meaning a person who makes or sells beds, or a bed-maker. It is derived from bed n. and the suffix -er. See usage, pronunciation, and frequency of this word in OED.
bedder. (ˈbɛdə) n. 1. (Education) Brit (at some universities) someone employed by a college to clean students' rooms. 2. (Horticulture) a plant that may be grown in a garden bed. Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014.