Definition of "beefeater" []

• A yeoman of the British monarch's royal guard. (noun)

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• "GORANI: Tourists at the Tower of London may notice an usual beefeater, which is the term used for the guards there."
• "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."
• "The book tells of a beefeater and his wife who live in the Tower of London, their marriage in shreds following the death of their only child."