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ALL meanings of beefeater

beef·eat·er
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  • countable noun beefeater Beefeaters are guards at the Tower of London. They wear a uniform made in the style of the sixteenth century. 3
  • noun beefeater a nickname often applied to the Yeomen of the Guard and the Yeomen Warders at the Tower of London 3
  • noun beefeater a person who eats beef, typified as a large, well-fed, red-faced person 3
  • noun beefeater a guard at the Tower of London 3
  • noun beefeater yeoman of the (royal) guard 3
  • noun beefeater Yeoman of the Guard 1
  • noun beefeater a yeoman of the English royal guard or a warder of the Tower of London. 1
  • noun beefeater Informal. an Englishman. 1
  • noun beefeater a person who eats beef. 1
  • noun beefeater A Yeoman Warder or Yeoman of the Guard in the Tower of London. 1
  • noun beefeater An African bird of the genus Buphagus, which feeds on the larvae of botflies hatched under the skin of oxen, antelopes, etc. 0
  • noun beefeater (Obsolete (No longer in use)) One who eats beef; a large, fleshy person; a well-fed servant. 0
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