SEXTON
NOUNS – PERSON
1375 — SACRISTAN the sexton of a parish church → obs.
1702 — BEDMAN a sexton → Eng. dial.
1815 — BEDERAL — BEDLAR — BEDRAL — BEDREL — BETHERAL an inferior church officer in Scotland, often combining those of clerk, beadle, sexton, gravedigger, bellringer → Sc.
1875 — SAXTON a sexton → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1877 — SAXON the sexton of a church → Eng. dial. (Bk.)