Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A praying woman: sometimes used as an equivalent to “humble servant.” See beadsman.
  • noun In England, a woman who resides in an almshouse.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Fem. of beadsman.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A female beadsman.

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