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• bes
  bes

  noun

  beth.
• Bes
  Bes

  noun

  the patron deity of music, dancing, and children, represented as a hairy dwarf having a tail and wearing a lion's skin.
• B.E.S.
  B.E.S.

  abbreviation

  Bachelor of Engineering Science.

bes

¹ American  

[bays] / beɪs /

noun

1. beth.

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Bes ² American  

[bes] / bɛs /

noun

Egyptian Religion.

1. the patron deity of music, dancing, and children, represented as a hairy dwarf having a tail and wearing a lion's skin.

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B.E.S. ³ American  

abbreviation

1. Bachelor of Engineering Science.

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Bes British  

/ bɛs /

noun

1. an ancient Egyptian god represented as a grotesque hairy dwarf: the patron of music and pleasure

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Example Sentences

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The possible has long been the domain of science fiction, a genre that thrives on could bes and not yets.

From Slate ● Jan. 5, 2016

“I does de bes I kin,” she said.

From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner

Well, sometimes it seems lak these things turns out fur the bes'.

From Sundry Accounts by Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury) Cobb

The seventh method consists of heating together a bes of the copper and one-sixth each of iron scales and filings, salt, stibium, and glass-galls.

From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Georgius Agricola

Lastly, the Venetians divide the bes into eight unciae.

From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Georgius Agricola

View a 3D model of the Bes mug produced by the USF Institute for Digital Exploration.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 15, 2024

She escorted Matt Stanley, her client, and his Parisian date, Salomé Bes, 30, past the long lines at the museum’s entrance and toward the Code of Hammurabi.

From New York Times ● Jul. 1, 2023

Synonymous with music and dancing, depictions of Bes often adorned the walls of houses, or as amulets worn around the neck.

From Fox News ● Mar. 20, 2019

Junior Kata Bes, a third-year Spanish student, said they learned so much more from being there.

From Washington Times ● May 1, 2015

"Bes, O King, after the god of the Egyptians whom he resembles."

From The Ancient Allan by Henry Rider Haggard

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