1) An Englishman 2) Bodyguard 3) Carnivorous guard 4) DC Comics superhero 5) Escort 6) Exclusively Saxon word 7) Exclusively Anglo word 8) Guard at the Tower of London 9) Tower of London 10) Tower of london guard 11) Tower of London warder 12) Word of purely Anglo origin 13) Word with Anglo-Saxon origins
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1) Gin 2) Yeoman
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• (n.) One of the yeomen of the guard, in England. • (n.) 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. • (n.) One who eats beef; hence, a large, fleshy person.
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1. One who eats beef; hence, a large, fleshy person. ... 2. One of the yeomen of the guard, in England. ... 3. <zoology> 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. ... Origin: Beef + eater; prob. One who eats another's beef, as his servant....
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Beef'eat`er noun [
Beef +
eater ; probably one who eats another's
beef , as his servant. Confer Anglo-Saxon
hlāf...ta servant, properly a loaf eater.]
1. One who eats beef; hence, a large, fleshy person.
2. One of the yeomen of the guard, in England....
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a yeoman of the English royal guard or a warder of the Tower of London. · an Englishman. · a person who eats beef.
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