beshear
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.25 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A surname.
Example Sentences
- "Eld trees arise: grim druids of the wood, Long since beshorn of their prime loveliness, Solemn they frown upon the solitude; […]"
- "Wiglaf mine lief, now that lieth the Worm And sleepeth sore wounded, beshorn of his treasure; […]"
- "On the invitation list: Govs. Andy Beshear of Kentucky, Tim Walz of Minnesota, J.B. Pritzker of Illinois, Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan, Tony Evers of Wisconsin, Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania, Roy Cooper of North Carolina, Wes Moore of Maryland and Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico."
Etymology
From Middle English bischeren, from Old English besċieran, besċeran (“to shear, shave, cut hair, give the tonsure”), from Proto-West Germanic *biskeran (“to cut off”), equivalent to be- (“around, off, away”) + shear. Cognate with Saterland Frisian beskere, West Frisian beskeare, Dutch bescheren, German Low German bescheren, German bescheren.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: bischeren, besċieran, *biskeran
Usage
Inflected Forms
beshears (present, singular)
beshearing (participle, present)
beshore (past)
besheared (past)
beshorn (participle, past)
besheared (participle, past)
Beshears (plural)