Beshear
name, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 To shear or shave off; shear or shave all over. transitive
"Eld trees arise: grim druids of the wood, Long since beshorn of their prime loveliness, Solemn they frown upon the solitude; […]"
- 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."
Example
More examples"Eld trees arise: grim druids of the wood, Long since beshorn of their prime loveliness, Solemn they frown upon the solitude; […]"
Etymology
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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