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bevers

bevers is the plural of bever.

bevers is the third-person singular simple present indicative of bever.

Meaning of bever

Noun

bever (countable and uncountable, plural bevers)

  1. (obsolete) A drink.
    • Bid my subsiser carry my hackney to the buttery, and give him his bever; it is a civil and sober beast, and will drink moderately.1625, John Fletcher, Philip Massinger, “The Elder Brother. A Comedy.”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1679, →OCLC, (please...
  2. (archaic) A snack or light refreshment between meals.
    • It seemeth that wee daily shorten the use of this, and that in our houses (as I have seene in mine infancie) breakfasts, nunchions, and beavers [translating collations] should be more frequent and often used than now adayes they are.1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 2, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC
  3. (obsolete) A time for drinking.
  4. (obsolete) A mixture of cider and water.

See all 6 meanings of bever

Proper noun capitalized: Bevers

Bevers

  1. (plural) plural of Bever

Questions about bevers

What is bevers the plural of?
Bevers is the plural of bever.
What part of speech is bevers?
Bevers is a proper noun.

Words near bevers in the dictionary

  1. Beverly
  2. Beverly Farms
  3. Beverly Hills
  4. Beverly Hills Iranian
  5. Beverlys
  6. bevers
  7. Beversdorf
  8. Beverwijk
  9. Bevier
  10. Beviers
  11. bevies

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