bezonian

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noun

A beggar, pauper, or rascal.

OriginItalian bisognoso →
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Meanings

nounbezonian (plural bezonians)

plural bezonians · alternative besognio · alternative besonian

  1. obsoleteA 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 Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals)

Origin

  1. Italianbisognoso“poor”
  2. Englishbezonian

From Italian bisognoso (“poor”).

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