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
C20: named after the beakers found among their remains
Beaker folk in American English
(ˈbikər)
plural 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
Word origin
[1920–25]This word is first recorded in the period 1920–25. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: audio, checkout, montage, ski jump, slalom