bedder
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.45 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Agent noun of bed; one who beds.
noun
Contraction of bedmaker; a housekeeper or domestic cleaner (historically a domestic servant), generally female, employed by one of the constituent colleges of Cambridge University to clean rooms; generally equivalent to a modern scout at Oxford University.
Example Sentences
- "From looking round, I realized that the gap in the market was for smart one-bedders in central locations."
- "The main gripe with new condominiums these days is the lack of space, and that was apparent in this three-bedder unit with its small bedrooms and communal spaces."
- "Well if it’s a two-bedder, it’s not too big a problem. Such units are still big enough for her and her partner, and maybe their first child too."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *badją Proto-West Germanic *badi Old English bedd Middle English bed English bed Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English bedder From bed + -er (agent noun suffix).