BEEFEATER
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Beef"eat`er (b&ē;f"&ē;t`&etilde_;r), n. [Beef + eater; prob. one who eats another's beef, as his servant. Cf. AS. hl&ā;f&aē_;ta servant, properly a loaf eater.] 1. One who eats beef; hence, a large, fleshy person.
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2. One of the yeomen of the guard, in England.
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3. (Zo&ö;l.) 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.
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