A minor official in a college or university, traditionally responsible for maintaining order and managing the buildings.
From Medieval Latin 'bedrellus' or Scottish 'bedral,' possibly derived from 'bed' in the sense of a jurisdictional area or from Low German origins. The word was especially common in Scottish and English universities.
At Oxford and Cambridge, bedalls have been enforcing rules and keeping the peace since medieval times—they're like the original 'campus security officers' wearing fancy ceremonial robes!
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