bedder

American  

[bed-er] / ˈbɛd ər /

noun

1. bedmaker.

2. Also called bedding plant.  Horticulture. an ornamental plant that is suitable for planting with other plants in a bed to achieve a desired visual effect.

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bedder British  

/ 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

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Etymology

Origin of bedder

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

Example Sentences

She jis turn de corner and come round, an’ when she git bedder she hoed away.”

From The Battery and the Boiler Adventures in Laying of Submarine Electric Cables by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)

I said, without turning round, and instead of answering me Jack went straight into his bedder and seemed to be washing himself vigorously.

From Godfrey Marten, Undergraduate by Turley, Charles

Keep her in der channel, Shonny,— Shonny Schwartz: Life's voyich vill pe quickly o'er; Und den ubon dot bedder shore Ve'll meet again, to bart no more, Shonny Schwartz.

From The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VI. (of X.) by Wilder, Marshall Pinckney

Home is a good thing to remember," he said earnestly, "and a bedder thing not to be ashamed of.

From Cap'n Dan's Daughter by Lincoln, Joseph Crosby

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

From Oswald Bastable and Others by Brock, C. E. (Charles Edmund)