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Beefeater
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: noun (n.)
1. One who eats beef; hence, a large, fleshy person.
2. One of the yeomen of the guard, in England.
3. An African bird of the genus Buphaga, which feeds on the larvæ of botflies hatched under the skin of oxen, antelopes, etc. Two species are known.