# bedder

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. Agent noun of bed; one who beds.
2. Contraction of bedmaker; a housekeeper or domestic cleaner (historically a domestic servant), generally female, employed by one of the constituent colleges of Cambridge University to clean rooms; generally equivalent to a modern scout at Oxford University.

## Etymology
From bed + -er (agent noun suffix).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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