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Bessy

Bessy proper noun: a diminutive of the female given name Elizabeth; today more often spelled Bessie.

Proper noun

Bessy

  1. A diminutive of the female given name Elizabeth; today more often spelled Bessie.
    • Looke where he ſtands and glars, wanſt thou eyes, at tral madam come ore the broome Beſſy to mee.c. 1603–1606 (date written), [William Shakespeare], […] His True Chronicle Historie of the Life and Death of King Lear and His Three Daughters. […] (First Quarto), London: […] Nathaniel Butter, […]...

Origin of Bessy

From Bess + -y.

Questions about Bessy

What does Bessy mean?
Bessy means a diminutive of the female given name Elizabeth; today more often spelled Bessie.
What part of speech is Bessy?
Bessy is a proper noun.

Words near Bessy in the dictionary

  1. Bessinger
  2. Bessingers
  3. Bessler
  4. Besslers
  5. Besson
  6. Bessy
  7. best
  8. best and fairest
  9. best and fairests
  10. best as one can
  11. best ball

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