Bessie
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
Contemporary Examples
Blues Musicians in Unmarked Graves Are Finally Getting Some Respect Malcolm Jones January 11, 2014
Red Tails Overlooks the Story of America’s First Black Pilots Marc Wortman January 15, 2012
How Insane Is the Beer Summit? Stanley Crouch July 29, 2009
Eyewitness to the Firing Squad Lawrence Schiller April 24, 2010
Historical Examples
The Cruise of the Make-Believes Tom Gallon
A Prisoner of Morro Upton Sinclair
Lady Barbarina Henry James
Freaks of Fortune Oliver Optic
One Day More Joseph Conrad
Freaks of Fortune Oliver Optic
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