Bessy
English
editProper noun
editBessy
- 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 […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene vi]:
- Come o'er the bourn, Bessy, to me.