Tom o' Bedlam

English

Noun

Tom o' Bedlam (plural Tom o' Bedlams or Toms o' Bedlam)

1. (historical) A wandering mendicant discharged as incurable from Bethlehem Hospital, England.
2. (archaic) Any wandering mendicant, either mad or pretending to be so.
3. (archaic) A madman; a bedlamite.