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Beeman

name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun

1
A surname originating as an occupation.

Noun

1
One who tends bees, usually as an occupation; beekeeper.
"I am a beeman of long standing, having practically kept bees all my life."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From beeman, an occupational surname for a beekeeper.

Etymology 2

From Middle English beman, bemon, perhaps a partial calque of Old English bēoċeorl (“beekeeper”), equivalent to bee + -man. Old English bēoċeorl may be an alteration of bēocere (“beekeeper”).

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