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bezonian

bezonian noun: a beggar, pauper, or rascal.

Noun

bezonian (plural bezonians)

  1. (obsolete) A beggar, pauper, or rascal.
    • Great men oft die by vile bezonians.
      A Roman sworder and banditto slave
      Murdered sweet Tully; Brutus' bastard hand
      Stabbed Julius Caesar; savage islanders
      Pompey the Great; and Suffolk dies by pirates.1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...

Forms of bezonian

pluralbezonians
alternative formbesognio
alternative formbesonian

Origin of bezonian

From Italian bisognoso (“poor”).

Questions about bezonian

What does bezonian mean?
Bezonian means a beggar, pauper, or rascal.
What part of speech is bezonian?
Bezonian is a noun.
What is the plural of bezonian?
The plural of bezonian is bezonians.

Words near bezonian in the dictionary

  1. Bezold-Brücke effect
  2. Bezold-Brücke effects
  3. Bezold-Brücke phenomenon
  4. Bezold-Brücke shift
  5. Bezold-Brücke shifts
  6. bezonian
  7. bezonians
  8. Bezos
  9. Bezoses
  10. Bezosian
  11. Bezpopovets

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