Bennet

See also: bennet

English

Etymology

From Benedict. See French Benoît, Norman Beneît. Doublet of Benoit and Benito.

Proper noun

Bennet

1. A surname transferred from the given name, a less common spelling of Bennett.
2. A male given name from Latin, in modern use often transferred back from the surname.

Quotations

• c. 1601–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:

  - - - the triplex, sir, is a good tripping measure; or the bells of Saint Bennet, sir, may put you in mind; one, two, three.