Besser

See also: besser

Translingual

Proper noun

Besser

1. A botanical plant name author abbreviation for botanist Wilibald Swibert Joseph Gottlieb von Besser (1784-1842).

Further reading

• Author query of the International Plant Names Index

English

Etymology

From the German surname, from Middle High German bezzerære, agent noun from Old High German bezzern (“to collect fines”).

Proper noun

Besser

1. A surname.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Besser”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 149.