Bess
Short for Elizabeth
Bess is a nickname for Elizabeth, now old-fashioned but historically common.
Queen Elizabeth I of England was known as Good Queen Bess.
The name appears in folk songs and traditional ballads: Black Bess was the legendary horse of highwayman Dick Turpin.
Bess of Hardwick was an influential Tudor-era noblewoman.
Feminine given name
Sixteenth-century English ruling family
- ElizabethanOf late 1500s England
- ArmadaNamed naval force
- Virgin QueenEpithet for unmarried English sovereign
- monarchyRule by crowned sovereign
coronation · reign · throne · court · sovereign · dynasty · palace · regalia
Feminine noble rank
- ShrewsburyMarket town in Shropshire
- ChatsworthHistoric English country estate
- matriarchFemale family leader
- dynastySuccessive family rulers
estates · builder · embroidery · Tudor · heiress · aristocrat · noblewoman
Composing brothers' surname
- operaTheatrical art combining song
- spiritualRelating to the soul
- lullabySoothing song for babies
- CharlestonSouthern Atlantic port city
Head of state's wife
- MissouriMidwestern state, major river
- White HouseOfficial presidential residence
- hostessFemale event organizer
- dignifiedComposed and respectable
Elizabeth
Feminine given name
Elsie · Lisa · Libby · Elspeth · Isabel · Isabella · Elsa · Buffy
Tudor
Sixteenth-century English ruling family
- ElizabethanOf late 1500s England
- ArmadaNamed naval force
- Virgin QueenEpithet for unmarried English sovereign
monarchy · coronation · reign · throne · court · sovereign · dynasty · palace · regalia · scepter
countess
Feminine noble rank
- ShrewsburyMarket town in Shropshire
- ChatsworthHistoric English country estate
- matriarchFemale family leader
dynasty · estates · builder · embroidery · Tudor · heiress · aristocrat · noblewoman
Gershwin
Composing brothers' surname
First Lady
Head of state's wife
- MissouriMidwestern state, major river
- White HouseOfficial presidential residence
- hostessFemale event organizer
- Elizabeth nicknamesLiz, Lizzie, Lizzy, Libby, Eliza
- Trinity CollegeTrinity College, Campanile, Book of Kells, Fellows, Botany Bay
- Porgy and BessAmerican folk opera
- Brown BessBritish military flintlock musket
- Bessie SmithLegendary blues vocalist