Beattie

[ bee-tee ]

/ ˈbi ti /

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noun

James, 1735–1803, Scottish poet.

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“Voters in Kansas are searching for an alternative to both parties,” says Orman pollster David Beattie.
The Kansas Independent Who Could Control the Senate|John Avlon|September 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
When Bono and Thomas Beattie, the “pregnant man,” made the news, Stryker said she thought, “Oh, here we go again.”
The Transgender Revolution, From Albert Nobbs to ‘Work It’|Tricia Romano|January 17, 2012|DAILY BEAST
No surprise: Beattie teaches creative writing and literature at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville.
The Chain Smoker in the Closet|Jane Ciabattari|November 7, 2011|DAILY BEAST
She wouldn't let Beattie come down to the drawing-room yesterday, because she cried for a sweet!
Marriage la mode|Mrs. Humphry Ward

Captain Beattie said if they had artillery they could whip us, but not without.
Reports of the Committee on the Conduct of the War|United States Senate
This piece was originally a pantomime, but here it had words written for it by Beattie.
A Voyage Round the World, from 1806 to 1812|Archibald Campbell
It was a Latin proverb, but all the common people of that day quite well understood it, not to speak of a student like Beattie.
Samuel Rutherford|Alexander Whyte
Beattie, as a beginner in the spiritual life, had made this still not uncommon mistake.
Samuel Rutherford|Alexander Whyte