beeman · noun1
- Old English · calque ofbēoċeorl“beekeeper”
- Middle English · inherited frombeman
- English todaybeeman
From Middle English beman, bemon, perhaps a partial calque of Old English bēoċeorl (“beekeeper”), equivalent to bee + -man. Old English bēoċeorl may be an alteration of bēocere (“beekeeper”).
Beeman · proper noun2
From beeman, an occupational surname for a beekeeper.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.