Bevy : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Bevy	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Bevy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bevy n a large gathering of people of a particular type; "he was surrounded by a bevy of beauties in bathing attire"; "a bevy of young beach boys swarmed around him" a flock of birds (especially when gathered close together on the ground); "we were visited at breakfast by a bevy of excited ducks"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bevy \Bev"y\, n.; pl. {Bevies}. [Perhaps orig. a drinking company, fr. OF. bev[82]e (cf. It. beva) a drink, beverage; then, perh., a company in general, esp. of ladies; and last applied by sportsmen to larks, quails, etc. See {Beverage}.] 1. A company; an assembly or collection of persons, especially of ladies. What a bevy of beaten slaves have we here ! --Beau. & Fl. 2. A flock of birds, especially quails or larks; also, a herd of roes.