bedmaker

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. someone who manufactures beds
  2. A bedder.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-bedmaker.wav

Word forms

bedmaker bedmakers

Etymology

From Middle English bedmaker, bedmakere, equivalent to bed + maker. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Bäädmoaker (“bedmaker”), West Frisian bêdmakker (“bedmaker”), Dutch beddenmaker (“bedmaker”), German Bettmacher (“bedmaker”).

Derived words

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