beefeater

noun

beef·​eat·​er ˈbēf-ˌē-tər 

variants often Beefeater

1

: a yeoman of the guard that forms part of an English monarch's train on state occasions

2

: a warder of the tower of London uniformed like a beefeater

Examples of beefeater in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

They were said to have feasted on roast beef every Sunday after church, and soon came to be known as beefeaters. — New York Times, 17 May 2018

In the 1990s, a prion disorder called mad cow disease jumped from cattle to humans, appearing as variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and killing about 130 young beefeaters so far, most of them in Great Britain. — Mark Johnson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 6 July 2017

Word History

First Known Use

1671, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for beefeater

• aliter
• ammeter
• completer
• demeter
• preheater
• repeater
• saltpetre
• ureter
• voltmeter
• wattmeter
• amphitheater
• bolometer