bevy Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun 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
  2. noun a flock of birds (especially when gathered close together on the ground)
    • we were visited at breakfast by a bevy of excited ducks

WordNet

Bev"y noun
Etymology
Perhaps orig. a drinking company, fr. OF. bevée (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.
Wordforms
plural Bevies
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913