bedmaker

American  

[bed-mey-ker] / ˈbɛdˌmeɪ kər /

noun

1. a person who makes up beds.

2. a person who constructs beds, as a carpenter.

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Other Word Forms

• bedmaking noun

Etymology

Origin of bedmaker

late Middle English word dating back to 1425–75; see origin at bed, maker

Example Sentences

I am sure, if he found no muses there, he could pick up none at Oxford, where there is not so much as a bedmaker that ever lived in a muse's family.

From The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4 by Walpole, Horace

Pappy was de bedmaker; he made most of de beds outen poplar.

From Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume I, Alabama Narratives by United States. Work Projects Administration

In lifting the fender to pick it up, a piece of paper caught his eye, which the bedmaker in cleaning the room had swept out of sight in the morning.

From Julian Home by Farrar, F. W. (Frederic William)

He woke to the comfortable accustomed voices of Mrs. Ridge, his bedmaker, and Miss Annett, her assistant.

From The Prelude to Adventure by Walpole, Hugh, Sir

The bedmaker would come in and find him laughing—as he had laughed once before.

From The Prelude to Adventure by Walpole, Hugh, Sir