yeoman of the guard
91Christopher Renshaw — (born 18 March 1952) is a British theatre director. He was educated at Reading School in Reading, Berkshire, where his father taught German, and Magdalen College, Oxford. He has directed many musicals, plays and operas in Australia, London and… …
92sobriquets — A sobriquet (preferred spelling, not soubriquet) is a nickname that has become so firmly attached to a particular person, place, or thing, that it is understood independently of the real name and is often used in preference to it. The table below …
93Paget Baronets — There have been two Paget Baronetcies, both created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom in the 19th century, and both still extant. Paget Baronets of Harewood Place, Middlesex (1871) The Paget Baronetcy of Harewood Place, Middlesex was… …
94Lytton, Sir Henry Alfred — ▪ British actor original name Henry Alfred Jones born Jan. 3, 1865, London, Eng. died Aug. 15, 1936, London British comic actor best known for his leading roles in Gilbert and Sullivan operettas. The mainstay of the D Oyly Carte Opera… …
95Duck, Stephen — (1705 1756) Born to poor parents at Charlton in Wiltshire, he had little education and started his working life as an agricultural laborer at fourteen. With the aid of a dictionary he educated himself to read Paradise Lost, the Spectator, L… …
96Kurt Streit — (* 14. Oktober 1959 in Itazuke, Japan) ist ein amerikanisch österreichischer Opernsänger (Tenor). Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Leben 2 Tonaufnahmen (Auswahl) 3 Weblinks …
97beefeater — /ˈbifitə/ (say beefeetuh) noun 1. someone who eats beef. 2. a yeoman of the guard or a warder of the Tower of London. 3. US Colloquial an Englishman …
98beefeater — n. a warder in the Tower of London; a Yeoman of the Guard. Etymology: f. obs. sense well fed menial …
99beefeater — noun Usage: often capitalized Date: 1671 yeoman of the guard …
100Beefeater — Beef|ea|ter [...i:tə] der; s, s (meist Plur.) <aus gleichbed. engl. beefeater, eigtl. »Rindfleischesser«> (scherzh.) Angehöriger der königlichen Leibwache im Londoner Tower (eigtl. Yeoman of the Guard) …
