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German
Etymology
Middle High German pedel, from Medieval Latin pedellus, bedellus, perhaps influenced by Büttel, from Proto-Germanic *budilaz. Cognate with English bedel and beadle.
Pronunciation
Noun
Pedell m (strong or mixed, genitive Pedells, plural Pedelle or Pedellen)
- (archaic) caretaker, janitor (of a school)
- Synonyms: Schulwart, (archaic) Schuldiener
1911, Erwin Rosen [pseudonym; Erwin Carlé], Der Deutsche Lausbub in Amerika [The German prankster in America], page 10:Trotz aller Anstrengungen des Pedells gelang es nie, die Sünder in flagranti zu erwischen. Stellten wir doch stets den jüngsten "Fuchs" als Wache auf die Straße, und wenn der Pedell oder ein Professor sich blicken ließen, wurden wir prompt gewarnt, kletterten aus Hinterfenstern, flüchteten über Höfe, stiegen über Mauern.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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