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US
/ˈbiˌfitɝ/
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[ UK /bˈiːfiːtɐ/ ]
[ UK /bˈiːfiːtɐ/ ]
NOUN
- officer in the (ceremonial) bodyguard of the British monarch
How To Use beefeater In A Sentence
- I think it's safe to say that neither of them is quite ready for lunch at the palace yet, unless the Queen puts plenty of paper down and has a battalion of beefeaters on hand to hose them down afterwards.
- Tracy shows us her feelings a lot more, increasingly apparent in video shots of her when she received the Beefeater trophy.
- It also acts as a vehicle for the Beefeater manager to structure career development.
- Sip a Beefeater martini, nibble salted nuts, pray for himself, pray for the world.
- Why did so many people, including children, queue patiently for hours, to witness Beefeaters and Gentlemen-at-Arms, with reversed halberds, guarding a catafalque in Westminster Hall?
- Beefeater also submits that no damages should be paid to the plaintiff for mental distress, or for punitive or aggravated damages.
- Of course they have their counterpart on the other side of the argument: the florid-faced, overweight beefeater astride his long-suffering mount, pompously blustering his right to do whatever he jolly well pleases.
- At curtain-up, a chorus of Beefeaters and RAF chicks welcomes the royal family onto the stage, with each Windsor dressed in suitable garb.
- Beefeaters are originally called yeoman warders, originally assigned in the 15th century to guard high profile prisoners. CNN Transcript Sep 3, 2007
- The first female Beefeater has made history by officially going on duty at the Tower of London.