Bess

American  

[bes] / bɛs /

noun

1. a first name, form of Elizabeth.

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Example Sentences

Born in August 1961, in Indiana to Melvin Simon and his first wife, Bess Meshulam, Simon grew up alongside his father and uncle’s retail-development business, Melvin Simon & Associates.

From The Wall Street Journal

Shepard also pursued a career on stage, appearing in Broadway productions of “Bubbling Brown Sugar,” “Reggae” and “Porgy and Bess.”

From Los Angeles Times

The Geffen’s upcoming season continues with the West Coast premiere of Bess Wohl’s Ms. Magazine-inspired “Liberation” and the L.A. premiere of Ngozi Anyanwu’s sibling saga “The Monsters,” along with the first-ever staging of L.A. playwright Grace McLeod’s real estate comedy “Closing Costs.”

From Los Angeles Times

“I’m tired,” whined Bess, trying to climb on Jeb’s back.

From Literature

And Warfield and Price’s rendition of “Bess, You Is My Woman Now” is downright transcendent, the music pouring out of Price in particular in a way that immediately makes sense of the legendary career that then lay before her.

From The Wall Street Journal