Biss

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proper noun

A surname from German or Middle English or transferred from the nickname.

OriginMiddle English bis ← German Biss →
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Meanings

proper nounBiss (plural Bisses)

plural Bisses · alternative Beese

  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

Origin

  1. GermanBiss“bite”
  2. Middle Englishbis“dark, murky, gray”
  3. EnglishBiss

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.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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