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bever¹

noun bevers

  1. alternative Alternative spelling of bevor And, passing forward with furious affret, / Pierst through his bever and quite into his brow.

bever²

  • /ˈbiːvə/ UK
  • /ˈbivɚ/ US

Sounds like beaver, Belvoir, bevor · Rhymes with -iːvə(ɹ)

Where it comes from

From Middle English bever, from Anglo-Norman bever (modern French boire), from Latin bibō. Doublet of imbibe.

noun bevers

  1. countable, obsolete, uncountable A drink. Bid my subsiser carry my hackney to the buttery, and give him his bever; it is a civil and sober beast, and will drink moderately.
  2. archaic, countable, uncountable A snack or light refreshment between meals. It seemeth that wee daily shorten the use of this, and that in our houses (as I have seene in mine infancie) breakfasts, nunchions, and beavers [translating collations] should be more frequent and often used than now adayes they are.
  3. countable, obsolete, uncountable A time for drinking.
  4. countable, obsolete, uncountable A mixture of cider and water.

verb bevers · bevering · bevered

  1. obsolete To take a light repast between meals.

bever³

noun bevers

  1. obsolete Obsolete spelling of beaver (“semiaquatic rodent”).

Bever⁴

Where it comes from

* As a Dutch and north/Low German surname, from the noun bever (“beaver”).

* As an English surname, variant of Beaver.

proper noun Bevers

  1. A surname.

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@misc{bever_2026,
  title = {bever},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bever},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}