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Definition of beadle



Overview of noun beadle

The noun beadle has 2 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) beadle

(a minor parish official who serves a ceremonial function)

2. Beadle, George Beadle, George Wells Beadle

(United States biologist who discovered how hereditary characteristics are transmitted by genes (1903-1989))