bezonian

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Etymology

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From Italian bisognoso (poor).

Noun

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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.