Beaker folk

[ bee-ker ]

noun
  1. a late Neolithic to Copper Age people living in Europe, so called in reference to the bell beakers commonly found buried with their dead in barrows.

Origin of Beaker folk

1
First recorded in 1920–25
  • Also called Beaker people.

Words Nearby Beaker folk

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How to use Beaker folk in a sentence

  • If I hadn't known better, I would have sworn he was born one of the Beaker folk.

    The Time Traders | Andre Norton
  • We are forced to admit that we are in total ignorance of the language spoken by the Beaker-folk.

British Dictionary definitions for Beaker folk

Beaker folk

noun
  1. a prehistoric people thought to have originated in the Iberian peninsula and spread to central Europe and Britain during the second millennium bc

Origin of Beaker folk

1
C20: named after the beakers found among their remains

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