An Esquire Bedell is a junior ceremonial officer of a university, usually with official duties relating to the conduct of ceremonies for the conferment of degrees. The word is closely related to the archaic Bedel and modern English Beadle. The term is primarily associated with universities in the United Kingdom.

Further reading

• "Esquire Bedell", Cambridge University
• "Bedells", Janus, Cambridge University
• Image of the academic dress of the Esquire Bedell, University of Southampton