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1913
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Bezonian
Be-zo′ni-an
,
Noun.
[Cf. F.
besoin
need, want, It
bisogno
.]
A low fellow or scoundrel; a beggar.
Great men oft die by vile
bezonians
.
Shakespeare
Definition
2024
bezonian
bezonian
English
Noun
bezonian
(
plural
bezonians
)
(
obsolete
)
a
beggar
,
pauper
,
rascal
.
1591
, William Shakespeare,
Henry VI, Part II
Great men oft die by vile
bezonians
.
A Roman sworder and banditto slave
Murdered sweet Tully; Brutus' bastard hand
Stabbed Julius Caesar; savage islanders
Pompey the Great; and Suffolk dies by pirates.
Etymology
From
Italian
bisognoso
(
“
poor
”
)
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