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BEEFEATER

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beef⋅eat⋅er

  [beef-ee-ter]
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–noun
1. a yeoman of the English royal guard or a warder of the Tower of London.
2. Informal. an Englishman.
3. a person who eats beef.
Origin:
1600–10; beef + eater
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beef·eat·er   (bēf'ē'tər)   
n.  A yeoman of the British monarch's royal guard.

[Earlier, well-fed servant.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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