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Beefeater   Listen
noun
Beefeater  n.  
1.
One who eats beef; hence, a large, fleshy person.
2.
One of the yeomen of the guard, in England.
3.
(Zool.) An African bird of the genus Buphaga, which feeds on the larvae of botflies hatched under the skin of oxen, antelopes, etc. Two species are known.





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"Beefeater" Quotes from Famous Books



... husband works in Beartown. He wint there airly this morning; he'll hear of the throuble at the post office and the beefeater, as ye call him, will let everybody know he winged the robber as he was running off. Did ye spake any caution to the man before he ...
— The Launch Boys' Adventures in Northern Waters • Edward S. Ellis


Words linked to "Beefeater" :   bodyguard, yeoman of the guard, yeoman, escort


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