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Webster 1913 Edition
Bevy
Bev′y
,Noun.
pl.
Bevies
. [Perhaps orig. a drinking company, fr. OF.
bevée
(cf. It. beva
) a drink, beverage; then, perh., a company in general, esp. of ladies; and last applied by sportsmen to larks, quails, etc. See Beverage
.] 1.
A company; an assembly or collection of persons, especially of ladies.
What a
bevy
of beaten slaves have we here ! Beau. & Fl.
2.
A flock of birds, especially quails or larks; also, a herd of roes.
Webster 1828 Edition
Bevy
BEV'Y
,Noun.
A flock of birds;hence, a company; an assembly or collection of persons; usually applied to females.
Definition 2025
bevy
bevy
English
Noun
bevy (plural bevies)
- (collective) A group of animals, in particular quail.
- (collective) A large group or collection.
- (collective) A group of female humans; chiefly said of schoolgirls.
- 2013 June 7, David Simpson, “Fantasy of navigation”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 36:
- Like most human activities, ballooning has sponsored heroes and hucksters and a good deal in between. For every dedicated scientist patiently recording atmospheric pressure and wind speed while shivering at high altitudes, there is a carnival barker with a bevy of pretty girls willing to dangle from a basket or parachute down to earth.
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Translations
large group of birds