BEEFEATERS

Noun

Beefeaters

plural of Beefeater

Noun

beefeaters

plural of beefeater

Source: Wiktionary


BEEFEATER

Beef"eat`er, n. Etym: [Beef + eater; prob. one who eats another's beef, as his servant. Cf. AS. hlaf servant, properly a loaf eater.]

1. One who eats beef; hence, a large, fleshy person.

2. One of the yeomen of the guard, in England.

3. (Zoöl.)

Definition: An African bird of the genus Buphaga, which feeds on the larvæ of botflies hatched under the skin of oxen, antelopes, etc. Two species are known.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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