English noun: beadle | |||
1. | beadle (person) a minor parish official who serves a ceremonial function | ||
Broader (hypernym) | functionary, official | ||
Domain region | Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | ||
2. | Beadle (person) United States biologist who discovered how hereditary characteristics are transmitted by genes (1903-1989) | ||
Synonyms | George Beadle, George Wells Beadle | ||
Instance hypernym | biologist, life scientist | ||