bedgoerとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

bedgoer (plural bedgoers)

1. (historical) A yeoman responsible for taking care of the beds.
   • 1835, Editor of "The family manual and servant's guide", Domestic Life in England (page 277)

     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, […]

2. (rare) A person who retires to bed to sleep.
   • 1923, E. F. Benson, Inscrutable Decrees

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