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Bezonian

Be-zo′ni-an

,
Noun.
[Cf. F.
besoin
need, want, It
bisogno
.]
A low fellow or scoundrel; a beggar.
Great men oft die by vile
bezonians
.
Shakespeare

Definition 2024


bezonian

bezonian

English

Noun

bezonian (plural bezonians)

  1. (obsolete) a beggar, pauper, rascal.
    1591, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part II
    Great men oft die by vile bezonians.
    A Roman sworder and banditto slave
    Murdered sweet Tully; Brutus' bastard hand
    Stabbed Julius Caesar; savage islanders
    Pompey the Great; and Suffolk dies by pirates.