Beefeater /(bēf"ēt`ẽr)/
Beef·eat·er
Beefeater
n.
- One who eats beef; hence, a large, fleshy person.
- One of the yeomen of the guard, in England.
- 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. (Zool.)