Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun beadle

2 senses of beadle

Sense 1
beadle -- (a minor parish official who serves a ceremonial function)
       => official, functionary -- (a worker who holds or is invested with an office)

Sense 2
Beadle, George Beadle, George Wells Beadle -- (United States biologist who discovered how hereditary characteristics are transmitted by genes (1903-1989))
       INSTANCE OF=> biologist, life scientist -- ((biology) a scientist who studies living organisms)

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