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Definition beaver

Etymology 1

From Middle English bever, from Old English beofor (“beaver”), from Proto-Germanic *bebruz (“beaver”) (compare West Frisian bever, Dutch bever, French bièvre, German Biber, dialectal Swedish bjur), from Proto-Indo-European *b?éb?rus (“beaver”) (compare Welsh befer, Latin fiber, Lithuanian b?bras, Russian ???? (bobr), Avestan ??????‎ (bauura), ??????‎ (bauuri), Sanskrit ????? (bábhru, “mongoose; ichneumon”)), from Proto-Indo-European *b?erH- (“brown”). Related to brown and bear.

Noun

beaver (plural beavers or beaver)

1. A semiaquatic rodent of the genus Castor, having a wide, flat tail and webbed feet.
2. A hat, of various shapes, made from a felted beaver fur (or later of silk), fashionable in Europe between 1550 and 1850.
3. (vulgar, slang) The pubic hair and/or vulva of a woman.
4. The fur of the beaver.
5. Beaver cloth, a heavy felted woollen cloth, used chiefly for making overcoats.
6. A brown colour, like that of a beaver (also called beaver brown).
7. (slang) A man who wears a beard.

Etymology 2

See bevor.

Noun

beaver (plural beavers)

1. Alternative spelling of bevor (“part of a helmet”)

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