Hypertext Webster Gateway: "beater"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Beater \Beat"er\ (b[=e]t"[~e]r), n.
1. One who, or that which, beats.
2. A person who beats up game for the hunters. --Black.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
beater
n 1: a worker who rouses wild game from under cover for a hunter
2: an implement for beating
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