Word.ws English Dictionary

beefers

beefers is the plural of beefer.

Meaning of beefer

Noun

beefer (plural beefers)

  1. A cow used for beef and not milk.
    • We usually reckon if a cow does not respond to good food at the pail, that she is "putting it on her back"; that is, she fattens, and is thus more of a beefer than a milker, and should not be retained for milking purpose.1916, Royal Association of British Dairy Farmers, Journal, volumes 30-32, page 89
  2. (slang) A police informer.
    Synonyms:
    informant
  3. (slang) A person with a beefy build.
    • "I'll bet. Well, is she? Fat, I mean."
      "Yeah. They ^([sic]) gal's a real beefer."2010, Vincenzo Spiaggi, A Tribute to His Heroes, page 325

Questions about beefers

What is beefers the plural of?
Beefers is the plural of beefer.

Words near beefers in the dictionary

  1. beefeaters
  2. beefed
  3. beefed out
  4. beefed up
  5. beefer
  6. beefers
  7. beefhead
  8. beefheaded
  9. beefheads
  10. beefheart
  11. Beefheartian

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: beefers (page history and authors); beefer (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “beefers.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/beefers. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.