betty

¹

[bet-ee]

noun

plural

betties 

1. brown betty.

Betty

²

[bet-ee]

noun

1. a first name, form of Elizabeth.

Word History and Origins

Origin of betty¹

An Americanism dating back to 1915–20; by shortening

Example Sentences

Betty Ford argued to increase pay for her staff in the East Wing.

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Besides environmental issues, the hour-and-a-half forum at the business-centric California Forward’s Economic Summit focused primarily on “checkbook” topics as the candidates, which also included former state Controller Betty Yee, offered gloomy statistics about poverty and homelessness in California.

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After the videos emerged, several of Porter’s rivals criticized her behavior, including former state Controller Betty Yee, who said she should drop out of the race.

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One of my first weeks at the Chateau, there’s a cook who cooks for the employees named Betty, and she asked me, “What do you do?”

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Now fitness shops sell "sweat suits", for use during exercise - and then there is the very name of the longstanding British activewear brand Sweaty Betty.

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