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beefeaters

beefeaters is the plural of beefeater.

Meaning of beefeater

Noun

beefeater (plural beefeaters)

  1. An African bird of the genus Buphagus, which feeds on the larvae of botflies hatched under the skin of oxen, antelopes, etc.
  2. (obsolete) One who eats beef; a large, plump person; a well-fed servant.
    • 1676 (Licensed). William Wycherley, The Plain Dealer (play); reprinted in: 1981. Holland, Peter (ed.), The Plays of William Wycherley, London: Cambridge University Press, Plays by Renaissance and Restoration Dramatiats series. I.i.342-351, p. 366.
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  3. (historical) A kind of hat worn by women resembling the headwear of a Beefeater (Yeoman Warder).

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Noun capitalized: Beefeaters

Beefeaters

  1. (plural) plural of Beefeater

Questions about beefeaters

What is beefeaters the plural of?
Beefeaters is the plural of beefeater.
What part of speech is beefeaters?
Beefeaters is a noun.

Words near beefeaters in the dictionary

  1. beefburgers
  2. beefcake
  3. beefcakes
  4. beefcakey
  5. beefeater
  6. beefeaters
  7. beefed
  8. beefed out
  9. beefed up
  10. beefer
  11. beefers

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