bezonian
Americannoun
noun
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Etymology
Origin of bezonian
First recorded in 1585–95; obsolete besoni(o) “raw recruit” (from Italian bisogno “need, needy soldier (i.e., newly landed in Italy from Spain)” + -an
Example Sentences
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A worthless fellow; a bezonian.
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For a long time it was impossible to tell to which house she was going, and public curiosity was aroused to such an extent that everyone felt like addressing her in the language of Ancient Pistol: 'Under which King, Bezonian?
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To choose a side was an absolute necessity,— "Under which king, Bezonian? speak or die!" was the question of the hour, and had to be answered with all its contingent risk.
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“Under which king, Bezonian?” declaimed the artist.
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Under which king, Bezonian? speak, or die!
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