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bedstaff

bedstaff noun: bedpost.

bedstaff: bedpost
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Noun

bedstaff (plural bedstaffs or bedstaves)

  1. (obsolete) bedpost.
    • Hostess, accommodate us with a bedstaff.1598, Beniamin Ionson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Euery Man in His Humour. A Comœdie. […]”, in The Workes of Beniamin Ionson (First Folio), London: […] Will[iam] Stansby, published 1616, →OCLC, (please...
    • Say there is no virtue in cudgels and bedstaves.c. 1629, Richard Brome, The City Wit

bedstaff meaning in Tamil

bedstaff in Tamil

படுக்கைச்சட்டம், முரட்டுத்தடி

Forms of bedstaff

pluralbedstaffs
pluralbedstaves

Origin of bedstaff

From bed + staff.

Words formed from bedstaff

Questions about bedstaff

What does bedstaff mean?
Bedstaff means bedpost.
What is bedstaff in Tamil?
Bedstaff in Tamil is படுக்கைச்சட்டம், முரட்டுத்தடி. See Bedstaff meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is bedstaff?
Bedstaff is a noun.
What is the plural of bedstaff?
The plural of bedstaff is bedstaffs.

Words near bedstaff in the dictionary

  1. bedspacing
  2. bedspread
  3. bedspreads
  4. bedspring
  5. bedsprings
  6. bedstaff
  7. bedstaffs
  8. bedstand
  9. bedstands
  10. bedstaves
  11. bedstead

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bedstaff (page history and authors); bedstaff (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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