bezonian

English

Alternative forms

• besonian

Etymology

From Italian bisognoso (“poor”).

Noun

bezonian (plural bezonians)

1. (obsolete) A beggar, pauper, or rascal.
   • 1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):

     Great men oft die by vile bezonians.
     A Roman sworder and banditto slave
     Murdered sweet Tully; Brutus' bastard hand
     Stabbed Julius Caesar; savage islanders
     Pompey the Great; and Suffolk dies by pirates.