Beatrice
proper nouncommon in dialogue
- United Kingdom//ˈbɪətɹɪs//
- United Kingdom//ˈbiːətɹɪs//
- United Kingdom//ˈbiːtɹɪs//
- United States//ˈbiətɹɪs//
- United States//biˈætrɪs//
A female given name from Latin.
proper noun
- 1
A female given name from Latin.
I, with your two helps, will so practise on Benedick that, in despite of his quick wit and his queasy stomach, he shall fall in love with Beatrice.
Petrarca had his Laura, and Dante his Beatrice, but Lorenzo has studiously concealed the name of the sovereign of his affections.
"Seventeen years old - a senior in high school. Beatrice, her name is." Beatrice! Rebecca was struck dumb with admiration. Beatrice would be a female version of Tristram. Rebecca pictured her in a modest muslin dress from the nineteeth century, although she knew that was unlikely.
- 2
A city, the county seat of Gage County, Nebraska, United States.
Etymology
Either 1) from the Latin Beatrix, name of early Christian saints, from beatrix (“she who makes happy”), or 2) from beata, influenced by viatrix (“female wayfarer, traveller”).
Beatrice · A female given name from Latin.
beats · An assault by beating.Beats · A diminutive of the female given names Beatrice or Beatrix.beau · A male escort.