An Esquire Bedell is a junior ceremonial officer of a university, usually with official duties relating to the conduct of ceremonies for the conferment of degrees. The word is closely related to the archaic bedel and modern English beadle.
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1815 engraving of an Esquire Bedell (left) and a Yeoman Bedell (right) of the University of Cambridg...
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A vector image of a mortar board hat.