Bates
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Bates is a surname, originally meaning "son of Bate" (a medieval nickname for Bartholomew).
Norman Bates is the murderous motel keeper in Hitchcock's *Psycho*, making the name evocative of quiet menace.
The Bates method is an alternative vision therapy.
To bate is an unrelated verb meaning to restrain or moderate.
1066 England conqueror
- motelRoadside lodging for drivers
- showerWater spray for bathing
- motherFemale parent
- taxidermyPreserving animal skins lifelike
Hitchcock · knife · murder · Marion · Crane · thriller · horror · parlor
Hereditary portion of identity
- genealogyStudy of family descent
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- EnglishBritain's native tongue
- lineageDescent from progenitors
heritage · surname · patronymic · British · descendants · records · census · origin
Feminine name meaning grace
- lady's maidFemale personal attendant
- servantOne employed to serve
- JohnCommon male name
- valetPersonal servant or parker
Yorkshire · PBS · period drama · Crawley · limp · imprisonment · wrongful conviction · devotion
Norman
1066 England conqueror
Hitchcock · taxidermy · knife · murder · Marion · Crane · thriller · horror · parlor · cellar
family name
Hereditary portion of identity
lineage · heritage · surname · patronymic · British · descendants · records · census · origin · relatives
Anna
Feminine name meaning grace
- lady's maidFemale personal attendant
- servantOne employed to serve
- JohnCommon male name
valet · Yorkshire · PBS · period drama · Crawley · limp · imprisonment · wrongful conviction · devotion · loyalty
- Fictional SurnamesAddams, Banks, Brady, Bundy, Cleaver
- Downton AbbeyMaggie Smith, Carson, Anna, Thomas, Daisy
- East Coast CollegesHarvard, Yale, Princeton, Columbia, Brown
- Jane Austen surnamesDarcy, Wickham, Collins, Lucas, Gardiner
- Liberal Arts CollegesAmherst, Williams, Swarthmore, Pomona, Middlebury
- ButlersJeeves, Benson, Geoffrey, Niles, Hobson
- with bated breathIn tense anticipation
- bated breathRestrained breathing from suspense
- Norman Bates
- Bates MotelFictional murder-site inn
- Kathy Bates
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