EGAVE

beefeater

About 0.02 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun An African bird of the genus Buphagus, which feeds on the larvae of botflies hatched under the skin of oxen, antelopes, etc.
  2. noun One who eats beef; a large, plump person; a well-fed servant.
  3. noun Alternative letter-case form of Beefeater.
  4. noun A kind of hat worn by women resembling the headwear of a Beefeater (Yeoman Warder).

Similar words

yeoman of the guard yeoman german beak beefer wifebeater beanfeaster beertender beatsman bowbearer

Often followed by

gin martini and gibsons is martinis in

Word family

Beefeater Beefeaters beefeaters

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