beadsman.
A petitioner; someone who seeks some type of favour from another, usually from a superior.
Meaning & usage
A petitioner; someone who seeks some type of favour from another, usually from a superior.
A man employed in praying; especially one who prays for another.
A poor man, supported in a beadhouse, and required to pray for the soul of its founder; an almsman.
A public almsman; one who received alms from the king, and was expected in return to pray for the royal welfare and that of the state; a licensed beggar.
Where this word comes from
From earlier bedeman, from Middle English bedeman (“a petitioner”), equivalent to bead (“request, petition, prayer”) + -man.
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