Definitions

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  • proper noun A female given name.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the woman who guided Dante through Paradise in the Divine Comedy

Etymologies

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Latin Beatrix, name of early Christian saints, from beatrix "she who makes happy".

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Examples

  • BEATRICE (through translator): I'm still thankful because if they were all sick, I couldn't handle it, but it is just poor little Beatrice.

    CNN Transcript Sep 29, 2006 2006

  • BEATRICE - A woman arrested for mixing pepper into a glass of water may also lose her job at a private home for the developmentally disabled in Beatrice.

    JournalStar.com - News Articles 2009

  • Listen, Owen Davies, and father: Beatrice, who sits there "-- and she pointed at her with her thin hand --" _Beatrice is a scarlet woman! _ "

    Beatrice Henry Rider Haggard 1890

  • The slim hope that we'd see a thought-provoking video game allegory on sin, suicide, revenge and redemption quickly dissipated when we learned the titular soul-seeker would be recast as a scythe-wielding Crusader out to rescue Beatrice from a pervy Lucifer.

    Archive 2009-06-01 SVGL 2009

  • Though both she and her bodyguard were unhurt, Beatrice is reported to have been "traumatized" by the incident.

    Princess Beatrice 'Traumatized' After Car Crash In London Roundabout The Huffington Post News Team 2010

  • The slim hope that we'd see a thought-provoking video game allegory on sin, suicide, revenge and redemption quickly dissipated when we learned the titular soul-seeker would be recast as a scythe-wielding Crusader out to rescue Beatrice from a pervy Lucifer.

    Welcome To Hell SVGL 2009

  • As recounted in an absorbing study — no, really — by the Harvard professor George Baker in The Journal of Finance, their predecessors had followed a well-thumbed playbook to build Beatrice from a small Nebraska creamery into a money-spinning conglomerate that sold everything from Meadow Gold dairy products to Samsonite luggage.

    Do CEOs Matter? 2009

  • Though both she and her bodyguard were unhurt, Beatrice is reported to have been "traumatized" by the incident.

    Princess Beatrice 'Traumatized' After Car Crash In London Roundabout The Huffington Post News Team 2010

  • As recounted in an absorbing study — no, really — by the Harvard professor George Baker in The Journal of Finance, their predecessors had followed a well-thumbed playbook to build Beatrice from a small Nebraska creamery into a money-spinning conglomerate that sold everything from Meadow Gold dairy products to Samsonite luggage.

    Do CEOs Matter? 2009

  • Apparently, Beatrice is too short to reach the ticket counter.

    If that’s a gagging order…? « We Don't Count Your Own Visits To Your Blog 2008

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  • The town in Nebraska is pronounced something like "bee-AT-riss."

    January 5, 2011