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Beefeater

noun

Etymology

From beef + eater.

  1. inherited from etere
  2. inherited from eter
  3. compounded as beefeater — “beef + eater”

Definitions

  1. A Yeoman Warder

  2. An African bird of the genus Buphagus, which feeds on the larvae of botflies hatched…

    An African bird of the genus Buphagus, which feeds on the larvae of botflies hatched under the skin of oxen, antelopes, etc.

  3. One who eats beef

    One who eats beef; a large, plump person; a well-fed servant.

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. Alternative letter-case form of Beefeater.

    2. A kind of hat worn by women resembling the headwear of a Beefeater (Yeoman Warder).

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA