Beatrice

American  

[bee-uh-tris, bee-tris, bee-a-tris, be-ah-tree-che] / ˈbi ə trɪs, ˈbi trɪs, biˈæ trɪs, ˌbɛ ɑˈtri tʃɛ /

noun

1. (in Dante's Vita Nuova andDivine Comedy ) a symbolic figure developed from the person whom Dante first saw as a child and loved as an ideal of womanhood.

2. a city in southeastern Nebraska.

3. a first name: from a Latin word meaning “one who brings joy.”

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Beatrice

For years, it hung in the living room of the Neuilly-sur-Seine home Beatrice shared with her husband, Léon Reinach, until it was packed up in 1939.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

In 1942 Léon and Beatrice, who had divorced earlier that year, and their two children were sent to Drancy, the Nazi deportation camp outside Paris.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

Kaitlyn Hennessy, who filed the complaint with Beatrice Gomberg, acknowledged to The Times that the Bass campaign steered them to the Kaufman Legal Group, which helped prepare the complaint.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

For friends Beatrice and Amelia, who are from St Helens, Merseyside, the cost of accommodation was a big factor in their decision to live at home while studying.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

Then he handed the bouquet over to Beatrice.

From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck

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