bedgoer

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noun

A yeoman responsible for taking care of the beds.

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Meanings

nounbedgoer (plural bedgoers)

plural bedgoers

  1. historicalA yeoman responsible for taking care of the beds.
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    One hundred men, besides officers, form the band; of these eight are ushers, four hangers, and two bedgoers. The functions of the usher are well known; but it may not be so well remembered that the ancient services of the hangers and bedgoers was to hang with tapestry and fit up chambers for royalty, when princes travelled, or removed from palace to palace, […]

    1835, Editor of "The family manual and servant's guide", Domestic Life in England (page 277)
  2. rareA person who retires to bed to sleep.

    He looked round to see that the door was shut behind the last bedgoer of my little party, and then turned to me.

    1923, E. F. Benson, Inscrutable Decrees

Origin

bed + goer

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

doberge
Cite this entry
APA

bedgoer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bedgoer

MLA

“bedgoer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bedgoer. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bedgoer,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bedgoer.

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