Found 2 items, similar to Beefeater.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: beefeater beefeater n : officer in the (ceremonial) bodyguard of the British monarch [syn: yeoman, yeoman of the guard]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Beefeater Beefeater \Beef"eat`er\ (b[=e]f"[=e]t`[~e]r), n. [Beef + eater; prob. one who eats another's beef, as his servant. Cf. AS. hl[=a]f[=ae]ta servant, properly a loaf eater.] 1. One who eats beef; hence, a large, fleshy person. [1913 Webster] 2. One of the yeomen of the guard, in England. [1913 Webster] 3. (Zo["o]l.) An African bird of the genus Buphaga, which feeds on the larv[ae] of botflies hatched under the skin of oxen, antelopes, etc. Two species are known. [1913 Webster]