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- noun informal (
UK ) AYeoman Warder
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"Beefeater" is the popular name for the members of the Yeomen of the Guard, including the Yeomen Warders of the Tower of London.
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Anyone carelessly using the nickname Beefeater - a jeer dating from their one-time ration of over a pound of beef a day - can expect much worse treatment.
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ALPHONSO VAN MARSH, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): For more than 500 years, the Tower of London's iconic Yeoman Warder, better known as the Beefeater, has been an elite guard unit of men.
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First, some of you may think "Beefeater" is a brand of gin, but it is also, of course, the name of these fellows, the red and black ceremonial guard of London.
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I’m really curious as to where ugliness such as Beefeater spewed comes from.
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If he’s British then surely the Beefeater is the only name that will do all puns intended – sorry!
name calling 2005
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The leisure group, which operates Costa Coffee and a number of other pub-restaurant formats, such as Beefeater, is to open three new Brewers Fayre outlets - two new builds and one conversion.
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The leisure group, which operates Costa Coffee and a number of other pub-restaurant formats, such as Beefeater, is to open three new Brewers Fayre outlets - two new builds and one conversion.
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The leisure group, which operates Costa Coffee and a number of other pub-restaurant formats, such as Beefeater, is to open three new Brewers Fayre outlets - two new builds and one conversion.
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The leisure group, which operates Costa Coffee and a number of other pub-restaurant formats, such as Beefeater, is to open three new Brewers Fayre outlets - two new builds and one conversion.
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