beadle

/ˈbiːdəl/

Etymology

From Middle English bedel, bidel, from Old English bydel (“warrant officer, apparitor”), from Proto-West Germanic *budil, from Proto-Germanic *budilaz (“herald”), equivalent to bid + -le. Cognate with Dutch beul, German Büttel. More at bid.

beadle means A surname originating as an occupation for a court official. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 71 out of 100.

name

A surname originating as an occupation for a court official.

noun

A parish constable, a uniformed minor (lay) official, who ushers and keeps order.“Twas on a holy Thursday, their innocent faces clean, The children walking two and two in red and blue and green: Grey-headed beadles walked before, with wands as white as snow, Till into the high dome of Paul's they like Thames waters flow.”
An attendant to the minister.
A warrant officer.