Beaker folk

[ bee-ker ]
/ ˈbi kər /

noun

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.
Also called Beaker people.

Origin of Beaker folk

First recorded in 1920–25

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British Dictionary definitions for beaker folk

Beaker folk

noun

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

Word Origin for Beaker folk

C20: named after the beakers found among their remains