beocere

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Old English

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *bijakārī (beekeeper, literally beehiver), derived from *bijakaʀ (beehive), equivalent to bēo +‎ *cere (vessel-maker). Cognate with dialectal Dutch bijker (beekeeper), Dutch Low Saxon bijker (beekeeper), French bigre ("woodsman"; via Old French bigre and Medieval Latin bigrius, bigarus (forester, beekeeper)).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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bēocere m

  1. beekeeper

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “imker”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute