See Also: beadsman(dictionary)

beadsman (iou)



beadsman noun. Orig. beadman; also (arch.) bedesman. Pl. -men. ME.
[from BEAD noun + MAN noun: prob. altered after almsman.]
Hist.
A person who prays for the soul of another. ME.
your beadsman: used as a conventional form when writing to a superior or patron.
A person paid to pray for others; a pensioner bound to pray for his benefactors, an almsman; (in Scotland) a public almsman, a licensed beggar. LME.
A petitioner. LME.