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In referring to the Yeomen of the Guard, he stated, "A very large ration of beef is given to them daily at the court, and they might be called Beef-eaters". [6] The Beefeater name was carried over to the Yeomen Warders, due to the two corps' outward similarities and the Yeoman Warders' more public presence.
The Yeomen of the Guard, the original "Beefeaters", are often confused with the Yeomen Warders of His Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress the Tower of London, who are also known as "Beefeaters", a similar but distinct body. The Yeoman Warders wear their daily "undress" dark blue uniform and only on ceremonial occasions wear the Yeomen of the ...
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 ...
these aren't beef eaters [ edit ] There is a widely accepted and recorded misconception of what a Beef eater is, because the change in the definition of Beef occurred before etymology was a study and modern dictionary considered a definitive of language.
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Beefeater Gin is a brand of gin owned by Pernod Ricard and bottled and distributed in the United Kingdom. Beefeater remained in the control of its founding Burrough family until 1987. The Beefeater distillery is one of 24 in London. [1] The name refers to the Yeomen of the Guard who are a bodyguard of the British Monarch.
There are so many enduring symbols of Christmas: the trimmed tree, ... prompting Prussian author E. T. A. Hoffmann to pen a children's short story in 1816 called The Nutcracker and the Mouse King.