Bates

[ beyts ]

noun
  1. Katherine Lee, 1859–1929, U.S. educator and author.

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How to use Bates in a sentence

  • I should say, replied Master Bates, with a grin, that he was uncommon sweet upon Betsy.

  • This brief direction to Charley Bates and his recent antagonist to retire, was softly and immediately obeyed.

  • The measure of oil also, a bate of oil is the tenth part of a core: and ten Bates make a core: for ten Bates fill a core.

  • Bewildered, and not entirely willing, Bates consented and the two went back to The Campanile.

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  • Dr. Bates's singularity in not rising up nor drinking the King's nor other healths at the table was very much observed.

British Dictionary definitions for Bates

Bates

/ (beɪts) /


noun
  1. Sir Alan (Arthur). 1934–2003, British film and stage actor. His films include A Kind of Loving (1962), Women in Love (1969), The Go-Between (1971), and The Cherry Orchard (1999)

  2. H (erbert) E (rnest). 1905–74, English writer of short stories and novels, which include The Darling Buds of May (1958), A Moment in Time (1964), and The Triple Echo (1970)

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