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Bess

//bɛs// name, noun, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A diminutive of the female given name Elizabeth.

    "Come hither Beſſe, and let me kiſſe my Boy: […]"

  2. 2
    Initialism of Basic Enlisted Submarine School. US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  3. 3
    A term applied to a fellow gay man, usually preceding an admonition. slang

    "Listen here, Bess."

  4. 4
    Initialism of Balloon-borne Experiment with Superconducting Spectrometer. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Noun
  1. 1
    Initialism of biportal endoscopic spine surgery. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable

Etymology

Variant of Beth, a clipping of Elizabeth.

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