Bates

[ beyts ]

noun

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

Bates

/ beɪts /

noun

1. BatesSir Alan (Arthur)19342003MBritishTHEATRE: actor 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. BatesH(erbert) E(rnest).19051974MEnglishWRITING: short-story writerWRITING: novelist 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)

Example Sentences

Kathy Bates was really good on American Horror Story: Coven.

From The Daily Beast

Mr. Bates then tells Anna that he knows, and she breaks down in his arms.

From The Daily Beast

For a fleeting moment, it appears, Anna and Mr. Bates are happy.

From The Daily Beast

This is the final scene you see between Anna and Bates in the whole season.

From The Daily Beast

Directly after her emotional scene with Mrs. Hughes, Anna encounters Mr. Bates in the hallway.

From The Daily Beast

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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.

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg