oberpedell

Updated: May 13, 2025

All the extravagances of the German social ladder, which incessantly manufactures new titles in order to satisfy the thirst for honors of a people divided into castes, were enumerated with delight by the old Romantica. She also referred with much pride to the retired Oberpedell which she had in her house, explaining that that meant "Superior Porter."

Vicente Blasco Ibáñez - The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse