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noun a worker who rouses wild game from under cover for a hunter
noun an implement for beating
originFrom Middle English beter, betere, bettere, from Old English bēatere (“a beater; boxer, fighter; champion”), equivalent to beat + -er. Related to beetle (“a type of mallet”).
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