What is the name meaning of BEAVER. Phrases containing BEAVER
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Beaver. Brother of Helen.
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English American
Beaver stream, woman from the beaver meadow. Derived from a surname and place name. First used...
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English (York)
English (York) : perhaps a variant of Beaver.Dutch : unexplained. Perhaps a variant of Bauer.
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English American
From the beaver meadow.
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English : habitational name from the city in East Yorkshire, the name of which contains Old English beofor ‘beaver’, combined with a second element, licc, that may mean ‘stream’.
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English : origin uncertain. Possibly it is a variant of Welsh Bevans.William Walter Beavers, from whom many bearers of this American family name are descended, was born in Wales on July 25, 1755 and married Elizabeth Ragsdale in Lunenburg Co. VA. He died in about 1807 in Elbert Co., GA.
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Woman from the beaver meadow. Beaver stream.
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Beaver stream, from the beaver meadow. Derived from a surname and place name. First used as a...
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English : see Beaver 1.Italian : habitational name from any of numerous places called Belvedere, from bello ‘beautiful’ + vedere ‘to see’, ‘to look at’, for example Belvedere Marittimo in Cosenza and Belvedere di Spinello in Catanzaro. In some instances the surname may have arisen from a nickname with the same meaning.
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English
English : variant spelling of Beaver.German : variant of Bieber.
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English (Yorkshire)
English (Yorkshire) : variant spelling of Beaver.Variant of Dutch and North German Bever.
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English
English : habitational name from a place in the parish of Alstonfield, Staffordshire named Beresford, from Old English beofor ‘beaver’ (or possibly from a byname from this word) + Old English ford ‘ford’. This name also became established in Ireland.
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English (Yorkshire)
English (Yorkshire) : variant of Beaver.Variant of Dutch and North German Bever.
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English American
Beaver stream.
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Beaver stream.
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Native American
Beaver.
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Dutch and North German
Dutch and North German : nickname from bever ‘beaver’, possibly referring to a hard worker, or from some other fancied resemblance to the animal.English : variant spelling of Beaver.
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Beaver stream, from the beaver meadow. Derived from a surname and place name. Although Beverley...
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Native American
Young beaver.
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English (of Norman origin)
English (of Norman origin) : habitational name from any of several places in France called Beauvoir, for example in Manche, Somme, and Seine-Maritime, or from Belvoir in Leicestershire. All of these are named with Old French beu, bel ‘fair’, ‘lovely’ + veïr, voir ‘to see’, i.e. a place with a fine view.English : nickname from Middle English bevere, Old English beofor ‘beaver’, possibly referring to a hard worker, or from some other fancied resemblance to the animal.Probably a translation of cognates of 2 in other languages, in particular Dutch Bever and German Bieber.Possibly a variant of Welsh Bevan.George Beaver, a Huguenot from Alsace, came to Philadelphia, PA, in 1744.
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Beaver cloth, a heavy felted woolen cloth, used chiefly for making overcoats.
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The fur of the beaver.
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In ancient armor, a visor, or projection like the peak of a cap, to which a face guard was sometimes attached. This was sometimes fixed, and sometimes moved freely upon the helmet and could be raised like the beaver. Called also umber, and umbril.
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A kind of open helmet, without visor or beaver, and somewhat resembling a hat.
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A tribe of rodents containing the squirrels and allied animals, such as the gophers, woodchucks, beavers, and others.
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A peculiar gregarious burrowing rodent (Haplodon rufus), native of the coast region of the Northwestern United States. It somewhat resembles a muskrat or marmot, but has only a rudimentary tail. Its head is broad, its eyes are small and its fur is brownish above, gray beneath. It constitutes the family Haplodontidae. Called also boomer, showt'l, and mountain beaver.
v. i.
To set traps for game; to make a business of trapping game; as, to trap for beaver.
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A peculiar bitter orange-brown substance, with strong, penetrating odor, found in two sacs between the anus and external genitals of the beaver; castor; -- used in medicine as an antispasmodic, and by perfumers.
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Covered with, or wearing, a beaver or hat.
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A South American rodent (Myopotamus coypus), allied to the beaver. It produces a valuable fur called nutria.
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That piece of armor which protected the lower part of the face, whether forming a part of the helmet or fixed to the breastplate. It was so constructed (with joints or otherwise) that the wearer could raise or lower it to eat and drink.
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A defensive covering for the head. See Casque, Headpiece, Morion, Sallet, and Illust. of Beaver.
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A genus of rodents, including the beaver. See Beaver.
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A hat, formerly made of the fur of the beaver, but now usually of silk.
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A North American aquatic fur-bearing rodent (Fiber zibethicus). It resembles a rat in color and having a long scaly tail, but the tail is compressed, the bind feet are webbed, and the ears are concealed in the fur. It has scent glands which secrete a substance having a strong odor of musk. Called also musquash, musk beaver, and ondatra.
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An amphibious rodent, of the genus Castor.
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A kind of fustian made of coarse twilled cotton, shorn after dyeing.
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An order of mammals having two (rarely four) large incisor teeth in each jaw, distant from the molar teeth. The rats, squirrels, rabbits, marmots, and beavers belong to this order.
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A hat, esp. one made of beaver fur; a beaver.