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  • proper noun A diminutive of Bertram, Albert or of any male given names ending in -bert.

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Examples

  • It was not until several days later that he became interested in Bertie, when that young adventurer insisted on showing him an automatic 44-caliber pistol.

    THE TERRIBLE SOLOMONS 2010

  • Bertie is fed horror stories about how white men are kai-kai'd on Guadalcanar; he is given to understand that the cook on board his ship is stewing human flesh on the galley fire; he learns of the value of white men's heads; and at Reminge Plantation on Guadalcanar is fooled into believing he had been poisoned by native substances, incurable except by drinking large amounts of gin.

    “Some day, all the fools will be dead....” 2008

  • VA; (2) origins not known, had child mid 1700s in Bertie Co.,

    INVESTIGATION OF SURNAMES IN MY DIRECT ANCESTRY Maggie Jochild 2004

  • VA; (2) origins not known, had child mid 1700s in Bertie Co.,

    Archive 2004-08-15 Maggie Jochild 2004

  • While they were talking there came a knock at the door, and when it was opened, there stood Bertie from the livery stable, with a long green-wrapped box in his hand, which he gave to Mrs. Watson, volunteering without delay, all the information he had regarding it.

    Purple Springs 1921

  • It was not until several days later that he became interested in Bertie, when that young adventurer insisted on showing him an automatic 44-caliber pistol.

    The Terrible Solomons 1911

  • Picpon (then in his gamin stage) had been enrolled in the Chasseurs at the same time with the "ci-devant," as they called Bertie, and, following his gamin nature, had exhausted all his resources of impudence, maliciousness, and power of tormenting, on the

    Under Two Flags 1839-1908 Ouida 1873

  • The Duke of York --- like Logue, we'll take the liberty of calling him "Bertie" --- became a patient in 1926, not in the mid-'30s, when he was about to be king.

    Jesse Kornbluth: A Book About 'The King's Speech' Is An Eloquent Addition To The Film Jesse Kornbluth 2011

  • The Duke of York --- like Logue, we'll take the liberty of calling him "Bertie" --- became a patient in 1926, not in the mid-'30s, when he was about to be king.

    Jesse Kornbluth: A Book About 'The King's Speech' Is An Eloquent Addition To The Film Jesse Kornbluth 2011

  • As the second son of King George V Michael Gambon, George, the Duke of York - known to his family as "Bertie" - is not expected to ascend to the throne, but when his brother Edward

    WalesOnline - Home 2011

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