beshear

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verb

To shear or shave off; shear or shave all over.

OriginMiddle English bischeren ← Old English besċieran ← Proto-West Germanic *biskeran →
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Meanings

beshear1

verbbeshear (third-person singular simple present beshears, present participle beshearing, simple past beshore or besheared, past participle beshorn or besheared)

present singular third person beshears · participle present beshearing · past beshore · past besheared · participle past beshorn · participle past besheared

  1. transitiveTo shear or shave off; shear or shave all over.

    Wiglaf mine lief, now that lieth the Worm And sleepeth sore wounded, beshorn of his treasure; […]

    1898, William Morris, Tale of Beowulf, page 156
    1 more example

    Eld trees arise: grim druids of the wood, Long since beshorn of their prime loveliness, Solemn they frown upon the solitude; […]

    1871, Hector A. Stuart, Ben Nebo: A Pilgrimage in the South Seas in Three Cantos, page 30

Beshear2

proper nounBeshear (plural Beshears)

plural Beshears

  1. A surname.

    On the invitation list: Govs. Andy Beshear of Kentucky, Tim Walz of Minnesota, J.B. Pritzker of Illinois, Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan, Tony Evers of Wisconsin, Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania, Roy Cooper of North Carolina, Wes Moore of Maryland and Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico.

    2024 February 7, Edward-Isaac Dovere, “Harris set to host Democratic governors this weekend to discuss 2024 campaign”, in CNN

Origin

  1. Proto-West Germanic*biskeran“to cut off”
  2. Old Englishbesċieran
  3. Middle Englishbischeren
  4. Englishbeshear

From Middle English bischeren, from Old English besċieran, besċeran (“to shear, shave, cut hair, give the tonsure”), from Proto-West Germanic *biskeran (“to cut off”), equivalent to be- (“around, off, away”) + shear. Cognate with Saterland Frisian beskere, West Frisian beskeare, Dutch bescheren, German Low German bescheren, German bescheren.

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APA

beshear. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beshear

MLA

“beshear.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beshear. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “beshear,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beshear.

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