About The Word Bevy
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What's The Definition Of Bevy?
[n] a flock of quail
[n] a group of girls or young women Synonyms | Synonyms for Bevy: Related Terms | Find terms related to Bevy: a mass of | a world of | age group | army | assembly | band | battalion | body | brigade | bunch | cabal | cast | charm | clique | cloud | cluster | clutter | cohort | company | complement | contingent | corps | coterie | covey | crew | crowd | detachment | detail | division | faction | fleet | flight | flock | flocks | gaggle | gang | group | grouping | groupment | hail | hive | host | in-group | jam | junta | large amount | legion | lots | many | masses of | mob | movement | muchness | multitude | murmuration | nest | numbers | outfit | out-group | pack | party | peer group | phalanx | plague | platoon | plurality | posse | quantities | quite a few | regiment | rout | ruck | salon | scores | set | shoal | skein | spring | squad | stable | string | swarm | team | throng | tidy sum | tribe | troop | troupe | watch | wing | worlds of See Also | assemblage | flock | gathering | quail Bevy In Webster's Dictionary \Bev"y\, n.; pl. {Bevies}. [Perhaps orig. a drinking
company, fr. OF. bev['e]e (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.
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