Chafer

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Any of various beetles of the family Scarabaeidae, such as the cockchafer.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Any of several scarab beetles, including the cockchafer, leaf chafer and rose chafer
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. One who chafes.
  • n. A vessel for heating water; -- hence, a dish or pan.
  • n. A kind of beetle; the cockchafer. The name is also applied to other species.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A name commonly given to several species of lamellicorn beetles, Scarabæidæ
  • n. One who or that which chafes.
  • n. A vessel for heating water, food, etc.; a chafing-dish.
  • n. Hence Any dish or pan.
  • n. A small portable furnace; a chauffer. E. H. Knight. Also chaffer.
  • Word Usage
    "I believe, in contradiction to most etymologists, that the Egyptian scarab, chepera, is our word chafer, French cafard, and possibly Italian scarafaggio."
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