Beast

proper noun

1. 1

   A figure in the Book of Revelation (Apocalypse), often identified with Satan or the Antichrist.

   The Number of the Beast Is 666 (13:16-18) John's vision concludes with the notorious reference to the "mark of the beast" and the number 666.

2. 2

   A wild, or seemingly-wild, animal that roams free in a country where it is usually only found in zoos.

   the Beast of Bodmin Moor

3. 3

   slangA cadet's basic training at West Point.

   Plebes spend their first summer at Cadet Basic Training — Beast Barracks — where they get soldierized.

   I was able to keep up with the herd and evade the Beast. Cadet Basic Training ended with a rigorous twenty four-hour exercise that included a twelve-mile, rite-of-passage road march to West Point […]