EAGER BEAVER

PRONUNCIATION: (ee-guhr BEE-vuhr)

MEANING: noun: One who is enthusiastic and hard-working, sometimes to the point of being overzealous.

ETYMOLOGY: From eager, from Old French egre, from Latin acer (sharp) + beaver, from Old English beofor. Earliest documented use: 1942
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EAGLER BEAVER - a swimming toothed rodent who hunts raptors

EAGER BEATER - a gung-ho Quiddich player with a paddle

EAGER SEAVER - Tom can't wait for his next turn to pitch