bedder

[ bed-er ]

noun

1. bedmaker ( def 1 ).
2. Also called bed·ding plant [bed, -ing plant]. Horticulture. an ornamental plant that is suitable for planting with other plants in a bed to achieve a desired visual effect.

bedder

/ ˈbɛdə /

noun

1. (at some universities) a college servant employed to keep students' rooms in order
2. a plant that may be grown in a garden bed

Word History and Origins

Origin of bedder¹

First recorded in 1605–15; bed + -er ¹

Example Sentences

Either as a bedder, or a bush in the herbaceous border, or, still more, when grown as a dwarf hedge, its fresh loveliness is a never-ending delight.

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Abel Carrière, another dark maroon of fine form, and Queen of the bedders, producing carmine flowers so freely that it must be disbudded; it is subject to mildew.

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After he came back to Snutch's rooms and read a shilling novel which he had found in the bedder.

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It was a rare lark, but we've got three days bedder for it.

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Fred and he did not seem to be very pleased to see each other again, and since they always got on my nerves I went into my bedder to finish dressing.

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