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BEDEL
Etymology
Noun
bedel (plural bedels)
(historical) 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.
Anagrams
• Lebed, bleed, debel
Source: Wiktionary
Be"del, Be"dell
Definition: ,n.Same as Beadle.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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RECREANT
(adjective) having deserted a cause or principle; “some provinces had proved recreant”; “renegade supporters of the usurper”
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