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Biss

Biss proper noun: a surname from German or Middle English or transferred from the nickname.

Proper noun

Biss (plural Bisses)

  1. A surname from German or Middle English or transferred from the nickname.
    • A Democratic mayor running for Congress in Illinois, Daniel Biss posted video Friday from a protest outside an ICE facility near Chicago where he said he was teargassed.2025 September 19, Alisha Ebrahimji, Emma Tucker, “Chicago-area mayor says federal agents teargassed him at a protest outside an ICE facility”, in CNN

Forms of Biss

pluralBisses
alternative formBeese

Origin of Biss

Two main origins: * English surname from Middle English bis (“dark, murky, gray”), an adjective related to French bis (“beige”) and Italian bigio (“ash gray, dun”). * Borrowed from German Biss (“bite”), a nickname for a cutting, sarcastic person.

Questions about Biss

What does Biss mean?
Biss means a surname from German or Middle English or transferred from the nickname.
What part of speech is Biss?
Biss is a proper noun.

Words near Biss in the dictionary

  1. bisquinolines
  2. bisquinolinium
  3. bisretinoid
  4. bisretinoids
  5. bisrock
  6. Biss
  7. Bissa
  8. bissabol
  9. Bissagos
  10. bissap
  11. Bissau

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