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BEADLE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A minor parish official who serves a ceremonial function
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("beadle" is a kind of...):
functionary; official (a worker who holds or is invested with an office)
Domain region:
Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)
Sense 2
Meaning:
United States biologist who discovered how hereditary characteristics are transmitted by genes (1903-1989)
Synonyms:
Beadle; George Beadle; George Wells Beadle
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
biologist; life scientist ((biology) a scientist who studies living organisms)
