"Tom o' Bedlam" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Tom o' Bedlams [plural], Toms o' Bedlam [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|s|Toms o' Bedlam|head=Tom o' Bedlam}} Tom o' Bedlam (plural Tom o' Bedlams or Toms o' Bedlam)
  1. (historical) A wandering mendicant discharged as incurable from Bethlehem Hospital, England. Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-Tom_o'_Bedlam-en-noun-mWS4st4l Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 60 36 3 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 66 31 3 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 64 33 3
  2. (archaic) Any wandering mendicant, either mad or pretending to be so. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-Tom_o'_Bedlam-en-noun-iOaWtiGQ
  3. (archaic) A madman; a bedlamite. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-Tom_o'_Bedlam-en-noun-jLsMT6se

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for Tom o' Bedlam meaning in English (1.8kB)

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