"BEF" meaning in English

See BEF in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} BEF
  1. (military, UK) Initialism of British Expeditionary Force. Tags: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: British Expeditionary Force Categories (topical): Military Related terms: CEF [military, war, government, politics], AEF [military, war, government, politics]
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: B.E.F., B. E. F.

Noun

Head templates: {{head|en|noun}} BEF
  1. Initialism of bovine ephemeral fever. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: bovine ephemeral fever
    Sense id: en-BEF-en-noun-pBqFRmxM Categories (other): English links with redundant wikilinks, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 60
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: B.E.F., B. E. F.

Alternative forms

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