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Proper noun
Bessy
- 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 Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :Come o'er the bourn, Bessy, to me.