Bessy

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proper noun

A diminutive of the female given name Elizabeth; today more often spelled Bessie.

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Meanings

proper noun
  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, […], published 1608, →OCLC, [Act III, scene vi], signature G3, verso

Origin

From Bess + -y.

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APA

Bessy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bessy

MLA

“Bessy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bessy. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Bessy,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bessy.

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