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beshear

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

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12
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12
Letters
7

Definition of beshear

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (transitive)To shear or shave off; shear or shave all over.
    “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; […]”
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verb

  1. (transitive)To shear or shave off; shear or shave all over.
    “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; […]”

name

  1. A surname.
    “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.”

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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.

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