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Opera by George Gershwin
Porgy and Bess (/ˈpɔːrɡi/ PORG-ee) is an English-language opera by American composer George Gershwin, with a libretto written by author DuBose Heyward
Porgy_and_Bess
Musical artist
Bess Harriet Hildick-Smith (born 24 September 1994), known professionally as Bess Atwell, is an English indie folk musician. Atwell was born in South
Bess_Atwell
Television drama film
as Nicole Bess Colin Baiocchi as Brandon Bess Isabella Acres as Dana Jack Nation as Sam Willow Shields as Grace Leedy Corbin as Becca River Shields as
Beyond_the_Blackboard
Musical artist
Jeff Bess, husband of Hattie Louise "Tootsie" Bess, owner of the famous Tootsie's Orchid Lounge on Music City's Lower Broadway. While working with Bess, Rivers
Jerry_Rivers
Olympic middle-distance runner (1956, 1960). Gene Bess, 91, American college basketball coach (Three Rivers Raiders). Gábor Bona [hu], 77, Hungarian historian
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American photographer and environmentalist (1902–1984)
Retrieved July 30, 2018. O'Toole 2010. Alinder 1996, pp. 76–77. Lovejoy, Bess (December 4, 2014). "The Photographer Who Ansel Adams Called the Anti-Christ"
Ansel_Adams
American film producer and director
Bess O'Brien turns her camera on hunger, poverty and those 'just getting by'". VTDigger. Reformer, Special to the (April 8, 2015). "'Where the Rivers
Bess_O'Brien_(filmmaker)
American basketball coach (1935–2026)
Anniston High School, and Oran High School, recording 250 wins. Bess went to Three Rivers Community College in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, in 1970, where he
Gene_Bess
First Lady of the United States (2017–2021; since 2025)
Novak, Marja (February 12, 2016). "Melania Trump's Past Took Her From A River Town In Slovenia To Trump Tower". HuffPost. Reuters. Archived from the original
Melania_Trump
Territories: the Islands of Micronesia, Melanesia, and Polynesia (3 ed.), Bess Press, p. 79, ISBN 1-57306-006-2. Ridgell 1995, p. 92. Encyclopædia Britannica
List of countries and dependencies without rivers
List_of_countries_and_dependencies_without_rivers
Country house in Derbyshire, England
the River Derwent, across from hills between the Derwent and Wye valleys, amid parkland backed by wooded hills that rise to heather moorland. Bess of Hardwick
Chatsworth_House
American businessman and government official (born 1962)
Scott Kenneth Homer Bessent (/ˈbɛsənt/ BESS-ənt; born August 21, 1962) is an American businessman, financial commentator, and government official serving
Scott_Bessent
First Lady of the United States from 1961 to 1963
Most as Presidential Material; Laura Bush, Pat Nixon, Mamie Eisenhower, Bess Truman Could Have Done More in Office Eleanor & FDR Top Power Couple; Mary
Jacqueline_Kennedy_Onassis
Phil Arnold appears as a Delivery Man. Jack Rice appears as Mr. Peters. Bess Flowers appears as a guest. 74 22 "George and Gracie Hear a Burglar; Up All
List of The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show episodes
List_of_The_George_Burns_and_Gracie_Allen_Show_episodes
tarmac due to weather". wfaa.com. January 25, 2026. "Winter Storm Fern: BESS faces first major scarcity test in ERCOT's redesigned market". Energy Storage
January 23–27, 2026 North American winter storm
January_23–27,_2026_North_American_winter_storm
2026 award ceremony for music
Stefan Demetriou & Amy James, video producers Relentless – Diane Warren Bess Kargman, video director; Peggy Drexler, Michele Farinola & Kat Nguyen, video
68th_Annual_Grammy_Awards
American jazz musician (1926–1991)
transitions, thus turning the album into one long piece of music. Porgy and Bess (1959) includes arrangements of pieces from George Gershwin's opera. Sketches
Miles_Davis
American soprano (born 1927)
The Pittsburgh Press. July 23, 1952. p. 24. Lena Rivers Smith (August 15, 1952). ""Porgy and Bess" Prepares for European Debut: All-Negro Cast of 65
Leontyne_Price
Avis and Effie Hotchkiss – mother and daughter pioneering motorcyclists Bess Houdini (1876–1943) – stage assistant and wife of Harry Houdini Henry Alonzo
List_of_people_from_Brooklyn
First Lady of the United States from 2021 to 2025
at Il Marchese, a restaurant housed in an ornate building near the Tiber river. ... "U.S. President Biden Meets Italy's Prime Minister Draghi ahead of
Jill_Biden
American real estate developer (1905–1999)
ISBN 978-1587982231. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Fred Trump. Levin, Bess (October 2, 2018). "Trump's One Weird Trick to Getting Rich, Revealed!: 'Outright
Fred_Trump
Cuban Love Song 1931 Film Herbert Stothart Stothart C. Gardner Sullivan and Bess Meredyth The Cuckoos 1930 Film Harry Ruby Ruby Guy Bolton and Bert Kalmar
List_of_musicals:_A_to_L
American actress (born 1952)
30, 2014). "Annette O'Toole Stars in 'Third' at Two River Theater - Two River Times". The Two River Times. Retrieved January 29, 2025. Scheck, Frank (September
Annette_O'Toole
American actress and trade union leader (born 1970)
appeared off-Broadway in the role of Kate Conlee in Make Believe, a new play by Bess Wohl staged at the Second Stage Theater. Michael Greif directed the play
Samantha_Mathis
American serial killer (1942–1994)
Archived from the original on April 7, 2025. Retrieved April 23, 2025. Lovejoy, Bess (May 7, 2013). "Tamerlan Tsarnaev Is Buried in Virginia: Where Other Notorious
John_Wayne_Gacy
Name list
Argentine footballer Dániel Berzsenyi (1776–1836), Hungarian writer Daniel Bess (born 1977), American television and film actor Daniel Bessa (born 1993)
List of people with given name Daniel
List_of_people_with_given_name_Daniel
American actress (born 1971)
farmhouse near Winona, Minnesota, Ryder had a rather unconventional childhood. Bess, Gabby (August 5, 2015). "Winona Ryder's Mom Explains the History of Women
Winona_Ryder
American singer and actor (1935–1977)
Berkley. ISBN 978-0-425-08999-6. Hopkins, Jerry (2002). Elvis in Hawaii. Bess Press. ISBN 978-1-57306-142-1. Hopkins, Jerry (2007). Elvis – The Biography
Elvis_Presley
homunculus and cortical maps; neurosurgeon Tipu Aziz. Narrated by Henrietta Bess, produced by Nicholas Kent, directed by Peter Webber 19 July What Shall We
List_of_Equinox_episodes
River in Canada
in the Pacific Ranges, including Mount Sir Francis Drake and Mount Queen Bess, and the Golden Hinde on Vancouver Island, were named in the 1930s as proposed
Bishop_River
1956 film
into a river. Annie falls into an old mine shaft, but Matt rescues her. Bess finally admits she is back in love with Matt. Ann Sheridan as Bess Ballot
Come_Next_Spring
Fictional character in a juvenile mystery series
by her two long-term closest friends, cousins Elizabeth "Bess" Marvin and George Fayne. Bess is delicate and feminine, while George is a tomboy. The two
Nancy_Drew
American diplomat and activist (1884–1962)
Most as Presidential Material; Laura Bush, Pat Nixon, Mamie Eisenhower, Bess Truman Could Have Done More in Office Eleanor & FDR Top Power Couple; Mary
Eleanor_Roosevelt
Sheldon Leonard Iz Elinson & Fred S. Fox May 8, 1961 (1961-05-08) Jean and Bess (Amzie Strickland) are visiting Kathy. They brag about how they are the "woman
List of The Danny Thomas Show episodes
List_of_The_Danny_Thomas_Show_episodes
English landowner and architect (1553–1617)
– 4 April 1617) was an English landowner and architect. He was a son of Bess of Hardwick and William Cavendish (1505–1557). Cavendish was educated at
Charles Cavendish (landowner, born 1553)
Charles_Cavendish_(landowner,_born_1553)
President of the United States from 1963 to 1969
27, 1908, near Stonewall, Texas, in a small farmhouse on the Pedernales River. He was the eldest of five children born to Samuel Ealy Johnson Jr. and
Lyndon_B._Johnson
American actress (born 1980)
Lyse / Clarina Tony Kushner Peter Norton Space, Off-Broadway Touch(ed) Emma Bess Wohl Williamstown Theater Festival, Massachusetts 2012 Uncle Vanya Sonya
Merritt_Wever
Density 0.78 Eating PickG late September–early October; use December–February Bess Pool Nottinghamshire, England 1824 Round-conical apple. Flesh firm but tender
List_of_apple_cultivars
Canadian actress
an actor at age nine after she watched a theatre production of Porgy and Bess. While completing secondary education at Don Mills Collegiate Institute,
Lexa_Doig
1953 film by George Marshall
hoping to make contact with her. The film also follows his love for his wife Bess Houdini and his most dangerous stunts and stage illusions. In the 1890s,
Houdini_(1953_film)
2023 film by Nia Vardalos
members Michael Constantine (who died in 2021), Bruce Gray (who died in 2017), Bess Meisler and Ian Gomez. Filming took place in Athens, Greece, from June through
My_Big_Fat_Greek_Wedding_3
1960 American drama film
Hamilton (Jay C. Flippen), Cal (James Westerfield), and Joe John (Big Joe Bess in an uncredited role), but relocating means their having to work for a living
Wild_River_(film)
American actress (born 1930)
Wheeling Television film 1982–1984 The Love Boat Eve Springer / Arlene Kemper / Bess Hensinger 3 episodes 1983 Little House: A New Beginning Ruthy Leland Episode:
Vera_Miles
American rapper and producer (born 1977)
The Times of Israel. December 1, 2022. Retrieved December 3, 2022. Levin, Bess (December 1, 2022). "Kanye West, Donald Trump's Dining Companion, Tells Alex
Kanye_West
Sun 1951 6 9 Plymouth Adventure 1952 1 1 Pollyanna 1960 0 (1) 0 Porgy and Bess 1959 1 4 Portrait of Jennie 1948 1 2 Prelude to War 1942 1 1 Pride and Prejudice
List of Academy Award–winning films
List_of_Academy_Award–winning_films
American actress (1902–1968)
Taylor & Francis. For the ultimate source of the name Tallulah, see Tallulah River#Etymology of name Bankhead's maternal grandmother had also died giving birth
Tallulah_Bankhead
Grant Williams (Dr. Todd Meade), Byron O'Byrne (Borace Lehigh), Mary Treen (Bess) 255 14 "The Case of the Golden Girls" Jesse Hibbs Orville H. Hampton, Ernest
List_of_Perry_Mason_episodes
American actor and director (1936–2025)
His later directing credits include The Milagro Beanfield War (1988), A River Runs Through It (1992), Quiz Show (1994), The Horse Whisperer (1998) and
Robert_Redford
American jazz singer, songwriter and bandleader (1907–1994)
television appearances. He had roles in Stormy Weather (1943), Porgy and Bess (1953), The Cincinnati Kid (1965), and Hello Dolly! (1967). In the 1980s
Cab_Calloway
President of Turkmenistan from 2007 to 2022
Archived from the original on 12 April 2022. Retrieved 12 April 2022. Brown, Bess. "Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov". www.britannica.com. Encyclopædia Britannica
Gurbanguly_Berdimuhamedow
Autonomous town in Northern Cape, South Africa
fund future expansion. In April 2024, Orania took possession of a 4.8 MWh BESS battery to power the town during rolling blackouts. In the same year, an
Orania
American escapologist and stuntman (1874–1926)
wages". In 1894 Houdini met a fellow performer, Wilhelmina Beatrice "Bess" Rahner. Bess was initially courted by Dash but fell in love with and married Harry
Harry_Houdini
off as slaves. After a recovered Nightcrawler and Bess invaded the slave market and defeated Voge, Bess left to search for her former teammates' whereabouts
List of Marvel Comics characters: C
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New Zealand actor (born 1968)
End, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Othello, The Cherry Orchard, Porgy and Bess, Weeds, Macbeth, Serious Money, and The End of the Golden Weather. His first
Cliff_Curtis
First Lady of the United States from 1901 to 1909
that she hosted. The following year, Edith took a ferry across the Paraná River to the Iguazu Falls on the border between Argentina and Brazil. By this
Edith_Roosevelt
Name list
mystic, co-author (with Robert Shea) of The Illuminatus! Trilogy Robert T. Bess (1889–after 1958), British Guiana-born American stockbroker and civil rights
Robert
July 22, 1992 (1992-07-22) Married couple Fred and Erma (Christopher Reeve and Bess Armstrong) are the owners of a failing restaurant with a squid-only menu
List of Tales from the Crypt episodes
List_of_Tales_from_the_Crypt_episodes
First Lady of the United States from 1969 to 1974
Most as Presidential Material; Laura Bush, Pat Nixon, Mamie Eisenhower, Bess Truman Could Have Done More in Office Eleanor & FDR Top Power Couple; Mary
Pat_Nixon
Ruins in Trawden Forest, Lancashire, England
II* Official name Remains of Wycoller Hall, including boundary wall to river Designated 23 April 1952 Reference no. 1073331 Scheduled monument Official
Wycoller_Hall
Music in the United States
instrumentalists and bandleaders in the Navy. George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess premiers on Broadway; the "folk opera" was an innovative piece that mixed
Timeline of music in the United States (1920–1949)
Timeline_of_music_in_the_United_States_(1920–1949)
1960 film by Otto Preminger
Billy Mitchell (1955) Saint Joan (1957) Bonjour Tristesse (1958) Porgy and Bess (1959) Anatomy of a Murder (1959) Exodus (1960) Advise & Consent (1962) The
Exodus_(1960_film)
1899 novella by Joseph Conrad
The latter contained an introduction by historian Maya Jasanoff. Georges Bess' 2021 Bande dessinée Amen is a liberal adaptation of Heart of Darkness in
Heart_of_Darkness
1991 film by Jon Avnet
featured Patti LaBelle performing Bessie Jackson's 1933 blues song, "Barbecue Bess". The original score, composed by Thomas Newman, was released as Fried Green
Fried_Green_Tomatoes
1934 film by Frank Capra
#1 Eddy Chandler as bus driver #2 Mickey Daniels as a vendor on the bus Bess Flowers as Agnes, Gordon's secretary Harry Holman as the auto camp manager
It_Happened_One_Night
Tide, OGM Ormanspor, Moncton Miracles) June 19 Gene Bess, 91, college basketball coach (Three Rivers) Kent Briggs, 68, football player and coach (Western
2026 deaths in the United States
2026_deaths_in_the_United_States
gen. et sp. nov. (Ceratopsidae: Centrosaurinae) from the Campanian Judith River Formation of Montana reveals rapid regional radiations and extreme endemism
List of organisms named after works of fiction
List_of_organisms_named_after_works_of_fiction
legendary 200 mi (320 km) overnight ride from London to York on his mount Black Bess The Earl of Essex (German: Der Graf von Essex) (1922) – German silent historical
List of films based on actual events (before 1940)
List_of_films_based_on_actual_events_(before_1940)
"Jay's" (Jasmine's) supposed uncle, and that "Berry" wanted to move west, Bess attempted to intervene. She requested that Lief at least wear Bede's Mask
List of Deltora Quest characters
List_of_Deltora_Quest_characters
Protests beginning in 2023
ceasefire in open letter". NME. Retrieved 22 November 2023. Twiston Davies, Bess; Teague, Ellen (14 November 2023). "Cafod calls for 'immediate ceasefire'
Gaza_war_protests
American actress and singer (born 1970)
Master Class (1996), Ragtime (1998), A Raisin in the Sun (2004), Porgy and Bess (2012), and Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill (2014). Her other Tony-nominated
Audra_McDonald
Predominantly Scottish cloth pattern
quotes numerous period sources. Caldwell, David; Oleksy, Vicky; Rhodes, Bess (2023). The Battle of Pinkie, 1547: The Last Battle Between the Independent
Tartan
2026 killing in Australia
other contemporary Indigenous Australian artists, as well as politicians Bess Price and Jacinta Nampijinpa Price. Kumanjayi was raised by a single mother
Killing of Kumanjayi Little Baby
Killing_of_Kumanjayi_Little_Baby
System of surface and deep currents in the Atlantic Ocean
Chalif, Jacob I.; Jongebloed, Ursula A.; Osterberg, Erich C.; Koffman, Bess G.; Alexander, Becky; Winski, Dominic A.; Polashenski, David J.; Stamieszkin
Atlantic meridional overturning circulation
Atlantic_meridional_overturning_circulation
President of the United States from 1945 to 1953
when Bess Truman died in 1982, almost a decade after her husband, the house was found to be in poor condition due to deferred maintenance. Bess Truman's
Harry_S._Truman
Monastery ruins in Derbyshire, England
responsibilities to slip into chaos as he settled on his Derbyshire estates with Bess of Hardwick. Sir John Byron was a heavy investor in Nottinghamshire monastic
Dale_Abbey_(ruin)
First Lady of the United States from 1981 to 1989
Most as Presidential Material; Laura Bush, Pat Nixon, Mamie Eisenhower, Bess Truman Could Have Done More in Office Eleanor & FDR Top Power Couple; Mary
Nancy_Reagan
Christian monastic denomination
Crosthwaite, eds. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 2009. Miller, Amy Bess Williams (June 1, 1972). Darragh, William C. (ed.). "A Shaker heritage".
Shakers
One More River by John Galsworthy Forgive Us Our Trespassers by Lloyd C. Douglas The Master of Jalna by Mazo de la Roche Miss Bishop by Bess Streeter
Publishers Weekly list of bestselling novels in the United States in the 1930s
Publishers_Weekly_list_of_bestselling_novels_in_the_United_States_in_the_1930s
Provincial park of British Columbia
Bishop River Provincial Park is a provincial park in the Pacific Ranges of the Coast Mountains on the Mainland of British Columbia, Canada, located southwest
Bishop_River_Provincial_Park
for William Watkins Ltd, completed as Empire Jean 1945 25 April: Empire Bess launched by Clelands Shipbuilding Company at Willington Quay, a tug for the
Timeline of shipbuilding on the River Tyne
Timeline_of_shipbuilding_on_the_River_Tyne
American crime drama television series (2017–2021)
Calhoun Natalie Paul as Heather Novack, a police detective Ellen Adair as Bess McTeer Tracy Letts as Jack Novack Matt Bomer as Jamie Burns, an expectant
The_Sinner_(TV_series)
First Lady of the United States from 1801 to 1809
Edith Wilson Florence Harding Grace Coolidge Lou Hoover Eleanor Roosevelt Bess Truman Mamie Eisenhower Jacqueline Kennedy Lady Bird Johnson Pat Nixon Betty
Martha_Jefferson_Randolph
1954 film by Alfred Hitchcock
as Girl at Songwriter's Party Marla English as Girl at Songwriter's Party Bess Flowers as Woman at Songwriter's Party with Poodle Benny Bartlett as Stanley
Rear_Window
British actor (1899–1962)
(1939), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939), The Big Clock (1948), Young Bess (1953), Hobson's Choice (1954) and Spartacus (1960). His final film role
Charles_Laughton
Canadian family on RMS Titanic
of Hudson Joshua Creighton Allison (9 Dec 1881 – 15 Apr 1912); his wife, Bess Waldo Allison (née Daniels; 14 Nov 1886 – 15 Apr 1912); their daughter, Helen
Allison_family
songwriter (Queen) Lee Meredith Judith Lee Sauls 1947– American actress Bess Meredyth Helen Elizabeth MacGlashen 1890–1969 American screenwriter and actress
List_of_stage_names
on September 23, 2008. Retrieved November 27, 2022. "1978 Tropical Storm Bess (1978218N25270)". International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship
List of Atlantic tropical storms
List_of_Atlantic_tropical_storms
nicknamed the King. Nesquik From "quix" Quix Phonetic similarity. Sad Ole Bess A play on Queen Elizabeth I's other nickname, "The Virgin Queen," AKA the
List of poker playing card nicknames
List_of_poker_playing_card_nicknames
International song competition
Azerbaijan – Narmin Salmanova Austria – Philipp Hansa France – Anggun Finland – Bess Belgium – Bart Cannaerts [nl] Germany – Elton Portugal – Maro Croatia –
Eurovision_Song_Contest_2023
American actor, director, writer, and activist (1917–2005)
Wallace 1993 Walter and Leonore Annenberg Cabell "Cab" Calloway Ray Charles Bess Lomax Hawes Stanley Kunitz Robert Merrill Arthur Miller Robert Rauschenberg
Ossie_Davis
Antiguan and Barbudan spacewomen
Caribbean) and the first mother and daughter duo to fly to space (Lane Bess and Cameron Bess were the first parent and child (father and son) on the same spaceflight
Keisha Schahaff and Anastatia Mayers
Keisha_Schahaff_and_Anastatia_Mayers
I Sing (1931) Pardon My English (1933) Let 'Em Eat Cake (1933) Porgy and Bess (1935) My One and Only (1983) Crazy for You (1992) The Gershwins' Fascinating
List of musicals by composer: A to L
List_of_musicals_by_composer:_A_to_L
Savannah and will continue to share custody until the next trial. Played by Bess Armstrong during Season 2 and 7. Lydia James, née Brigard, is the matriarch
List of One Tree Hill characters
List_of_One_Tree_Hill_characters
rule over humanity. To this end, they kidnap, Garth, Bess and Sam, planning to murder Garth and Bess and frame Sam and Dean to goad the pack into returning
List of Supernatural and The Winchesters characters
List_of_Supernatural_and_The_Winchesters_characters
to pick the third option Father Carl Reiner called in Season 1. Mary 5.13 Bess Myerson is indecisive. Was the first Jewish Miss America Betsy 5.15 Halle
List_of_Frasier_characters
American actress (1920–2006)
(1947) at MGM, The Gangster (1947) for King Brothers Productions and Red River (1948). She played Brenda Martingale in Siodmak's Cry of the City (1948)
Shelley_Winters
Large body of salt water
W.; Dippner, Joachim W.; Middelburg, Jack J.; Montoya, Joseph P.; Ward, Bess (2013). "The marine nitrogen cycle: recent discoveries, uncertainties and
Sea
(2003). "7: Honolulu's Serial Killings". Honolulu Homicide. Honolulu, Hawaii: Bess Press. pp. 63–79. ISBN 1-57306-156-5. White, Grace (February 27, 2017). "Could
List of serial killers in the United States
List_of_serial_killers_in_the_United_States
American novelist (1933–2018)
Summit Avenue in the Weequahic neighborhood. He was the second child of Bess (née Finkel) and Herman Roth, an insurance broker. Roth's family was Jewish
Philip_Roth
American voice actress (born 1951)
additional voices 13 episodes 1996–98 All Dogs Go to Heaven: The Series Gerta, Bess, Teddy's Mom 11 episodes The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper Ms. Banshee
Tress_MacNeille
BESS RIVER
BESS RIVER
Girl/Female
American, Australian, British, Chinese, Christian, Danish, English, French, German, Greek, Hawaiian, Hebrew, Indian, Swedish
God is My Oath; Consecrated to God; Form of Elizabeth; God is Perfections
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname for a hunchback, from Old French bossu ‘hunchbacked’ (a derivative of bosse ‘lump’, ‘hump’; compare Bossard 2).German : from a short form of the personal name Borkhardt, a variant of Burkhart.Possibly an altered spelling of South German Bös (see Bos).Danish : medieval variant of Buus, a surname of uncertain origin, perhaps from German būsemen ‘devil’, ‘ghost’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Jesse.
Surname or Lastname
English or Welsh (Bristol and Cardiff)
English or Welsh (Bristol and Cardiff) : perhaps a variant of Biss.
Female
English
 Short form of English Jessica JESS means "one who beholds" or "one who looks out." Compare with masculine Jess.
Girl/Female
Greek American Hebrew English
From the Hebrew Elisheba, meaning either oath of God, or God is satisfaction. Famous bearer: Old...
Female
English
Variant spelling of English Bessie, a pet form of Elizabeth, BESSY means "God is my oath."Â
Surname or Lastname
Probably a shortened form of an unidentified Jewish surname.English
Probably a shortened form of an unidentified Jewish surname.English : variant of Lass 3.
Female
English
Short form of English Tessa, TESS means "harvester."Â
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Old French bas(se) ‘low’, ‘short’ (Latin bassus ‘thickset’; see Basso), either a descriptive nickname for a short person or a status name meaning ‘of humble origin’, not necessarily with derogatory connotations.English : in some instances, from Middle English bace ‘bass’ (the fish), hence a nickname for a person supposedly resembling this fish, or a metonymic occupational name for a fish seller or fisherman.Scottish : habitational name from a place in Aberdeenshire, of uncertain origin.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : metonymic occupational name for a maker or player of bass viols, from Polish, Ukrainian, and Yiddish bas ‘bass viol’.German : see Basse.
Female
English
Pet form of English Elizabeth, BESS means "God is my oath."Â
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : from Middle English bis, biss(e), bice, byse ‘dingy’, ‘dark’, ‘gray’, ‘murky’; ‘dark fur used for trimming and lining garments’ (Old French bis(e), of Germanic origin), hence a nickname for someone with an unhealthy complexion or someone who habitually dressed in particularly drab garments, or (from the noun) a metonymic occupational name for a furrier or maker of fur-trimmed garments.South German : nickname for a cutting, sarcastic person, from Biss ‘bite’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : unexplained. Apparently a metronymic from the female personal name Bess, pet form of Elizabeth.German : short form of Betz.In some cases it is probably an altered spelling of French Besse.
Female
Egyptian
, Peace of Bes.
Surname or Lastname
English, northern Irish, and French
English, northern Irish, and French : from Middle English, Old French beste ‘animal’, ‘beast’ (Latin bestia), applied either as a metonymic occupational name for someone who looked after beasts—a herdsman— or as a derogatory nickname for someone thought to resemble an animal, i.e. a violent, uncouth, or stupid man. It is unlikely that the name is derived from best, Old English betst, superlative of good. By far the most frequent spelling of the French surname is Beste, but it is likely that in North America this form has largely been assimilated to Best.German : from a short form of Sebastian.
Girl/Female
Christian & English(British/American/Australian)
Consecrated to God
Male
English
 Short form of English Jesse, JESS means "gift." Compare with feminine Jess.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : metonymic occupational name for a cooper or else a nickname for a rotund, fat man, from Middle English, Old French busse ‘cask’, ‘barrel’ (of unknown origin). The word was also used in Middle English for a type of ship, and the surname may perhaps have been given to someone who sailed in one. The byname seems to occur already in Domesday Book, where a Siward Buss, and a John and Richard Buss are recorded at Brasted in Kent.German and Swiss German : from a pet form of the personal name Burkhard (see Burkhart).Danish : variant of Buus.
Male
Egyptian
, ("oath"); Bes.
Surname or Lastname
Scandinavian (especially Norwegian), Scottish, and northern English
Scandinavian (especially Norwegian), Scottish, and northern English : topographic name for someone who lived on a headland or promontory, Old Norse nes, or a habitational name from any of the numerous places named with this word; there are over a hundred farms in Norway and many settlements in Scotland and northern England so namedEnglish : according to Reaney and Wilson, a variant of Nash.German : habitational name from places called Nesse in Oldenburg and Friesland.German : from a short form of the female personal name Agnes (see Agnes 1).
BESS RIVER
BESS RIVER
Girl/Female
Australian, Czechoslovakian, German, Slavic
Golden
Girl/Female
Muslim/Islamic
Intelligent
Girl/Female
Hindu
Brilliant, To bestow
Girl/Female
Celtic German Welsh
The fair.
Girl/Female
Muslim/Islamic
Night
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Who Feels Proud to Himself
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Cousin.
Boy/Male
Welsh
Just; upright; righteous.
Boy/Male
Muslim/Islamic
Poor
Boy/Male
Hindu
Smiling
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a.
Most advanced; most correct or complete; as, the best scholar; the best view of a subject.
n.
The southern, red, or channel bass (Sciaena ocellata). See Redfish.
a.
Most; largest; as, the best part of a week.
n.
Utmost; highest endeavor or state; most nearly perfect thing, or being, or action; as, to do one's best; to the best of our ability.
v. t.
To make less; to lessen.
n.
Species of Serranus, the sea bass and rock bass. See Sea bass.
a.
A bass, or deep, sound or tone.
n.
A tax; an assessment. See Cess.
superl.
Most intimately; most thoroughly or correctly; as, what is expedient is best known to himself.
v. i.
To take meals with a mess; to belong to a mess; to eat (with others); as, I mess with the wardroom officers.
v. t.
To supply with a mess.
adv.
Not so much; in a smaller or lower degree; as, less bright or loud; less beautiful.
n.
The two American fresh-water species of black bass (genus Micropterus). See Black bass.
a.
One who sings, or the instrument which plays, bass.
pl.
of Bass
a.
Having good qualities in the highest degree; most good, kind, desirable, suitable, etc.; most excellent; as, the best man; the best road; the best cloth; the best abilities.
n.
Any protuberant part; a round, swelling part or body; a knoblike process; as, a boss of wood.
a.
Smaller; not so large or great; not so much; shorter; inferior; as, a less quantity or number; a horse of less size or value; in less time than before.