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beefeater"warder of the Tower of London," 1670s, a contemptuous reference to well-fed servants of the royal household; the notion is of "one who eats another's beef" (see eater, and co [..]
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beefeater(n) officer in the (ceremonial) bodyguard of the British monarch
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beefeaterOld London gin, named after the guards of the tower of London
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