Bessy
English
Proper noun
Bessy
- A diminutive of the female given name Elizabeth; today more often spelled Bessie.
- c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act III, (please specify the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals)]:, Scene 6:
- Come o'er the bourn, Bessy, to me.
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