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Beatrice

[ bee-uh-tris, bee-tris bee-a-tris Italian be-ah-tree-che ]

noun

  1. (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.
  2. a city in southeastern Nebraska.
  3. a first name: from a Latin word meaning “one who brings joy.”


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Example Sentences

My grandmother, Beatrice, never saw a Super Bowl or a Super Bowl ad.

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The first Shakespearean phrase I underlined during this period was “skirmish of wit,” about the raillery between Beatrice and Benedick, which inspired a lifelong expectation that romance must include snark.

Now Daisy feels lost and isolated, patronized by her husband and dismissed by her artsy, rebellious teenage daughter, Beatrice.

It has now been revealed that Princess Beatrice will not be among those who will ultimately voyage with Virgin Galactic.

“A Kennedy, I heard,” Beatrice Cigarini told The Daily Beast as she walked her dog around the perimeter of the castle.

William and Harry, and Princesses Eugenie and Beatrice—plus Elvis!

Princess Beatrice is widely thought to be on the point of announcing her betrothal to her boyfriend of six years, Dave Clark.

As Beatrice Ask, the social minister said: “Social exclusion is a very serious cause of many problems.”

The sight of Beatrice Stanmore caused his heart to beat wildly, and made him feel that a new influence had entered the room.

Even yet he had not made up his mind about his visitor, except that he agreed with Beatrice Stanmore.

Almost instinctively Dick turned down the drive which led to the cottage where Beatrice Stanmore lived.

He hurried along the drive which led to the lodge near which Beatrice Stanmore lived.

I have called her many names, but I am quite certain that none of them sounded anything like Beatrice.

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