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Synonyms for bevy

Grammar : Noun
Spell : bev-ee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbɛv i

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Définition of bevy

Origin :
  • early 15c., collective noun of quails and ladies, from Anglo-French bevée, of unknown origin. One supposed definition of the word is "a drinking bout," but this is perhaps a misprint of bever, from Old French beivre (see beverage). Still, it's possible that the original sense could be a company of birds gathered at a puddle or pool for drinking or bathing.
  • noun swarm
Example sentences :
  • No bevy of ladies, no merry parties, no pageants worthy of the name.
  • Extract from : « The Little Manx Nation - 1891 » by Hall Caine
  • At that they laughed, and said they must choose him a bevy of fair women.
  • Extract from : « Cyropaedia » by Xenophon
  • The two Kit had pointed out were, as well as we could judge, the fairest of the bevy.
  • Extract from : « Left on Labrador » by Charles Asbury Stephens
  • There was a bevy of girls about her and they all talked at once.
  • Extract from : « The Girls at Mount Morris » by Amanda Minnie Douglas
  • They scuttled into the nearest seats at hand like a bevy of startled partridges.
  • Extract from : « Marjorie Dean » by Pauline Lester
  • Suzette Beauvais and her guests, a bevy of girls, had come from Grandchamp.
  • Extract from : « Shapes that Haunt the Dusk » by Various
  • When he came on shipboard he was accompanied by a bevy of courtesans.
  • Extract from : « The History of England from the Accession of James II. » by Thomas Babington Macaulay
  • And after that none of the bevy had dared to broach the subject to Virginia.
  • Extract from : « The Crisis, Complete » by Winston Churchill
  • What you want is a bevy of bachelors as fellow-passengers, young ones at that.
  • Extract from : « The Flag of Distress » by Mayne Reid
  • The balconies were filled with people; every window had its bevy of heads.
  • Extract from : « Venice » by Dorothy Menpes

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