Beatrice
(in Dante’s Vita Nuova and Divine Comedy) a symbolic figure developed from the person whom Dante first saw as a child and loved as an ideal of womanhood.
a city in SE Nebraska.
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “one who brings joy.”.
Contemporary Examples
“I was on stage and he walked in,” said Beatrice Hernandez, 43.
Sins of the Fathers Jim DeFede October 1, 2009
When Beatrice [Miller] got voted off and she was sobbing onstage, I wanted to cry.
Khloe Kardashian Odom Dishes Secrets From ‘X Factor’ Ramin Setoodeh December 4, 2012
Shortly after midnight, she and her comely 21-year-old daughter, Beatrice, disappeared.
Fergie’s Latest Flameout Tina Brown May 24, 2010
“A Kennedy, I heard,” Beatrice Cigarini told The Daily Beast as she walked her dog around the perimeter of the castle.
Eavesdropping On Kim and Kanye’s Florentine “Wedding of the Century” Barbie Latza Nadeau May 23, 2014
Controversially, Sarah Ferguson was also present with her daughters Eugenie and Beatrice.
Prince Harry Cheers On Team GB To Record Gold Haul, Keeps Distance From Fergie Tom Sykes August 7, 2012
Historical Examples
He wondered if Beatrice was at home, wondered—a thousand things.
The Everlasting Arms Joseph Hocking
Yet there seemed no reason for the invention of Beatrice, if she were not a real person.
Earl Hubert’s Daughter Emily Sarah Holt
The teacher assented, and Beatrice shook hands with her and bade her good-night.
Beatrice H. Rider Haggard
Beatrice privately thought that she would prefer not to know all that rubbish.
Earl Hubert’s Daughter Emily Sarah Holt
Beatrice was proud, and he feared that he had not altogether won her yet.
Harding of Allenwood Harold Bindloss
fem. proper name, from French Béatrice, from Latin beatrix, fem. of beatricem “who makes happy,” from beatus “happy” (see beatitude).
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- Beat someone in
beat someone in verb phrase To initiate someone into a gang by assaulting them: ”When you’re getting ‘beat in’ or ‘quoted’ ”, one female ”G” explained (1990s+ Street gang)
- Beat someone out
beat someone out verb phrase To surpass or best someone, esp by a narrow margin: She just beat me out for the job, probably because she had more schooling (1840s+)
- Beat someone out of something
beat someone out of something verb phrase To take something away by cheating or fraud: He was so simple they beat him out of his money before he knew it (1880s+)
- Time
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another. duration regarded as belonging to the present life as distinct from the life to come or from eternity; finite duration. (sometimes initial capital letter) […]