beefeater

== English == === Etymology === From beef +‎ eater. === Pronunciation === === Noun === beefeater (plural beefeaters) An African bird of the genus Buphagus, which feeds on the larvae of botflies hatched under the skin of oxen, antelopes, etc. (obsolete) One who eats beef; a large, plump person; a well-fed servant. 1676 (Licensed). William Wycherley, The Plain Dealer (play); reprinted in: 1981. Holland, Peter (ed.), The Plays of William Wycherley, London: Cambridge University Press, Plays by Renaissance and Restoration Dramatiats series. I.i.342-351, p. 366. [H]ere you see a bishop bowing low to a gaudy atheist, a judge to a doorkeeper, a great lord to a fishmonger or a scrivener with a jack-chain about his neck, a lawyer to a sergeant-at-arms, a velvet physician to a threadbare chemist and a supple gentleman usher to a surely beefeater, and so tread round in a preposterous huddle of ceremony to each other whilst they can hardly hold their solemn false countenances. Alternative letter-case form of Beefeater. (historical) A kind of hat worn by women resembling the headwear of a Beefeater (Yeoman Warder). === References === Oxpecker on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Buphagus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Buphagus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons “beefeater”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. == Spanish == === Noun === beefeater m (plural beefeaters) Beefeater