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BEADLE

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• BEADLE (noun)
The noun BEADLE has 2 senses:

1. a minor parish official who serves as an usher and preserves order at services
2. United States biologist who discovered how hereditary characteristics are transmitted by genes (1903-1989)

Familiarity information: BEADLE used as a noun is rare.

• BEADLE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A minor parish official who serves as an usher and preserves order at services

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("beadle" is a kind of...):

functionary; official (a worker who holds or is invested with an office)

Sense 2

Beadle ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

George Beadle; George Wells Beadle; Beadle

Instance hypernyms:

biologist; life scientist ((biology) a scientist who studies living organisms)

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