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beefeater definition

beef·eater (-ēt′ər)

noun

  1. a person who eats beef, typified as a large, well-fed, red-faced person
  2. a guard at the Tower of London
  3. popularly yeoman of the (royal) guard

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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