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noun

Beefeater n.

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

One of the yeomen of the guard, in England.

(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

... visited the Tower, which he looked upon as a place frequented only by Americans or country people; but as, after the park, this was the spot of all others which Bessie wished to see, he went there with her, and joining the party waiting for their ranks to be full, followed the pompous beefeater up stairs and down stairs, and into the lady's chamber, and saw the steps by the water-gate where Elizabeth sat down when she landed there a prisoner to her sister, and saw the thumb-screws and other instruments of torture, and more ...

— Bessie's Fortune - A Novel • Mary J. Holmes

... surmounted by a colossal statue of a chamois, the work of a Wengen artist; it is in two stories, with a battlemented roof, and a crypt (entrance to right of steps) used for the incarceration of offenders. It is occupied by the town guard, who wear 'beefeater' costumes of ancient origin." ...

— Floor Games; a companion volume to "Little Wars" • H. G. Wells

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