bedder

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Agent noun of bed; one who beds.
  2. 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.
noun
  1. A property with a specified number of bedrooms.

Word forms

bedder bedders

Etymology

From bed + -er (agent noun suffix).

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