Crossword clues for beefeater
beefeater
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Beefeater \Beef"eat`er\ (b[=e]f"[=e]t`[~e]r), n. [Beef + eater; prob. one who eats another's beef, as his servant. Cf. AS. hl[=a]f[=ae]ta servant, properly a loaf eater.]
One who eats beef; hence, a large, fleshy person.
One of the yeomen of the guard, in England.
(Zo["o]l.) An African bird of the genus Buphaga, which feeds on the larv[ae] of botflies hatched under the skin of oxen, antelopes, etc. Two species are known.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
n. (context informal British English) A Yeoman Warder
WordNet
n. officer in the (ceremonial) bodyguard of the British monarch [syn: yeoman, yeoman of the guard]
Wikipedia
Beefeater was an American post-hardcore band from late 1984 until 1986. Formed by Tomas Squip, Fred "Freak" Smith, Dug E. Bird (Birdzell) and Bruce Atchley Taylor, they were pioneers of the post-hardcore genre and the Revolution Summer which took place in the Washington D.C. hardcore in the mid-'80s with similar bands like Embrace, Rites of Spring and Gray Matter, among others. Their debut LP, Plays for Lovers was released in 1985 on the Dischord and their follow-up House Burning Down was released in 1986, as their farewell LP. Drummers Mark "Two-Chair" Shellhaas and Kenny Craun replaced Taylor on later albums. Squip and Birdzell went on to form Fidelity Jones, while Craun joined the Rhythm Pigs and Fred "Freak" Smith joined Strange Boutique.
While Beefeater's songs had all the angry energy of its hardcore labelmates the energy was channelled as much through funk and jazz as rock and roll. Dug E. Bird's fast-paced bass slap drives a rhythm section over which Fred "Not Sonic" Smith's guitar rides in a way reminiscent of the Minutemen. House Burning Down saw the incorporation of even more non-punk influences, most notably world music and included musical cameos many of the Dischord Records regulars ( Ian MacKaye provides an intro to the album, in addition to some saxophone).
Squip's essay in Threat by Example: A Documentation of Inspiration (Martin Sprouse, editor, 1991 Pressure Drop Press: San Francisco, ISBN 0-9627091-1-5) outlines his notably religious world view and motivation, unusual for a Dischord band.
The Beefeater is a fictional character, a comic book superhero published by DC Comics. He appeared in his civilian identity as Michael Morice in Justice League International Annual #3 (1989), and debuted as Beefeater in Justice League Europe #20 (November 1990) in a story by Keith Giffen, Gerard Jones and Marshall Rogers. His code name and appearance are both taken from the uniform of the Yeomen Warders.
Beefeater is a chain of over 140 pub restaurants in the United Kingdom, owned by Whitbread.
The chain's name references both the English figure of the beefeater, as well as its menu's meat (particularly beef) offering. The chain is positioned slightly upmarket of Whitbread's Brewers Fayre chain.
Beefeater is a term often used to refer to the Yeomen Warders of the Tower of London, but originally referring to the Yeomen of the Guard.
Beefeater may also refer to:
- Beefeater Gin, a British brand of spirits
- Beefeater (restaurant), a chain of pub restaurants in the UK, owned by Whitbread Group PLC
- The Beefeaters, a Danish beat group (1964–1971)
- Beefeater (band), a short-lived American punk rock band
- Beefeater (comics), a DC Comics superhero from England who bore a similarity to Basil Fawlty
- The Byrds, an American rock band originally named the Beefeaters
Usage examples of "beefeater".
He flashed me a big smile before giving his teeth a rebore with the Beefeater martini.
English, and we had a guide one of those scarlet- tunicked Beefeater guys all to ourselves.
The Crown Jewels belong to the royal family, whose members tried for centuries to get them back, only to have their heads whacked off by the famous Beefeaters, which is why the royal family now uses paper plates.
Then the Beefeaters marched off, except for about four guards, who kept watch near Sean.
That afternoon the Lord Mayor announced that there was no need for panic and that the Guild of Engineers would bring the city safely through this crisis - but there had already been riots and looting on the lower tiers, and squads of Beefeaters had been sent down to keep order in the Gut.
As the chauffeur helped them into it a squad of Beefeaters came clattering past, but they paid no attention to Pomeroy and his companions.
Gench climbs in next to Pewsey and the bug veers away, startling Engineers and Beefeaters out of its path.
Complete with lifelike figures of beefeaters, or the royal family, depending upon the kit.
Guy stopped a cab and reached quick agreement with the driver in his beefeater outfit.
When they were on good domestic terms they stayed in their bedroom for days of squeaking springs with the door locked except for brief sallies out for Beefeater gin and Chinese take-out in little white cardboard pails with wire handles, with the Stice children wandering ghostlike through the clapboard house in sagging diapers or woolen underwear subsisting on potato chips out of econobags bigger than most of them were, the Stice kids.
Derek had a Beefeater martini and I had a glass of white wine that made my lips pull together like a drawstring purse.
They all got to their feet involuntarily as a troop of Beefeaters entered the hall, conducting Sean and Diane, who had dressed themselves like Arthur and Guinevere in Camelot.
How could she pour down the Beefeaters faster than any one of the guys down at the Tap and still keep her face clean and her hair all permed up nice?
And I learned to stir a martini exactly the way she preferred it: Beefeater gin three-point-six to one of Noilly Prat dry vermouth, a twist, no bitters—.
And I learned to stir a martini exactly the way she preferred it: Beefeater gin threepoint-six to one of Noilly Prat dry vermouth, a twist, no bittersÄ.