"bedmaker" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-bedmaker.wav Forms: bedmakers [plural]
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”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|bedmaker}} Middle English bedmaker, {{com|en|bed|maker}} bed + maker, {{cog|stq|Bäädmoaker|t=bedmaker}} Saterland Frisian Bäädmoaker (“bedmaker”), {{cog|fy|bêdmakker|t=bedmaker}} West Frisian bêdmakker (“bedmaker”), {{cog|nl|beddenmaker|t=bedmaker}} Dutch beddenmaker (“bedmaker”), {{cog|de|Bettmacher|t=bedmaker}} German Bettmacher (“bedmaker”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} bedmaker (plural bedmakers)
  1. someone who manufactures beds
    Sense id: en-bedmaker-en-noun-xA2wS~uG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 84 16 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 89 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 93 7
  2. (Cambridge University, formal or historical) A bedder. Tags: formal, historical
    Sense id: en-bedmaker-en-noun-DR1krySB Categories (other): Cambridge University English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: bedder

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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