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Meaning of 'beefeater' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Beefeater [ n.]
- One who eats beef; hence, a large, fleshy person.
- One of the yeomen of the guard, in England.
- An African bird of the genus Buphaga, which feeds on the larvae of botflies hatched under the skin of oxen, antelopes, etc. Two species are known.

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bee bee larkspur bee line bee-eater beebread beech beech tree beechen beeches beechnut

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