'Beefeater' definitions:
Definition of 'beefeater'
(from WordNet)
noun
Officer in the (ceremonial) bodyguard of the British monarch [syn: yeoman, yeoman of the guard, beefeater]
Definition of 'Beefeater'
From: GCIDE
- Beefeater \Beef"eat`er\ (b[=e]f"[=e]t`[~e]r), n. [Beef + eater; prob. one who eats another's beef, as his servant. Cf. AS. hl[=a]f[=ae]ta servant, properly a loaf eater.]
- 1. One who eats beef; hence, a large, fleshy person. [1913 Webster]
- 2. One of the yeomen of the guard, in England. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Zool.) An African bird of the genus Buphaga, which feeds on the larv[ae] of botflies hatched under the skin of oxen, antelopes, etc. Two species are known. [1913 Webster]