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beehiver

beehiver noun: a keeper of a beehive; beekeeper.

Noun

beehiver (plural beehivers)

  1. (dialectal) A keeper of a beehive; beekeeper.
    • The beehiver looked at him sideways and away again. Or do ye not know where it is you're a-goin? I don't know, Holme said. Why are ye goin then? Goin where? The beehiver didn't answer.2010, Cormac McCarthy, Outer Dark, page 81

Forms of beehiver

pluralbeehivers

Origin of beehiver

From beehive + -er.

Questions about beehiver

What does beehiver mean?
Beehiver means a keeper of a beehive; beekeeper.
What part of speech is beehiver?
Beehiver is a noun.
What is the plural of beehiver?
The plural of beehiver is beehivers.

Words near beehiver in the dictionary

  1. Beehive State
  2. Beehive Stater
  3. beehive tomb
  4. beehive tombs
  5. beehived
  6. beehiver
  7. beehivers
  8. beehives
  9. beehives of activity
  10. beehiving
  11. Beehler

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