Beatrice

Definition: Beatrice

Beatrice

Noun

1. A woman who guided Dante through Paradise in The Divine Comedy.

"Beatrice" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a voyager", "a traveler", "blessed".

Date "Beatrice" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Domain	Definitions
Biographical Satire	BEATRICE, a Florentine girl who gained fame by refusing the suit of a love-sick poet. Later she conducted him through heaven, and made arrangements for his travels in the other place. B. died a famous old maid. Ambition: A lover with money. Epitaph: She Might Have Been Mrs. Dante Had She Wanted To. Source: Who was Who: 5000BC - 1914.
Industry	Fabric with twill diagonal weave for alpaca linings. Source: European Union. (references)
Literature	Beatrice beloved from girlhood by Dante, a native of Florence, was of the Portinari family. She died under twenty-four years of age (1266-1290). Beatrice married Simone de' Bardi, and Dante married Gemma Donati. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
BEATRICE	English	Building and Environmental Aerodynamics:Training,Research and Interchange of Expertise	N/A
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Crosswords: Beatrice

English words defined with "Beatrice": Beatrice Lillie, Beatrice Webb ♦ Dante, Dante Alighieri ♦ Martha Beatrice Potter Webb. (references)

Specialty definitions using "Beatrice": Beautiful Parricide ♦ Questa Gentilissima. (references)

Domain	Title
Books	Gilded Vessel: The Lustrous Life and Art of Beatrice Wood (reference) The Life and Adventures of Trobadora Beatrice As Chronicled by Her Minstrel Laura: A Novel in Thirteen Books and Seven Intermezzos (European Women wr (reference) Beatrice (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Miss Bowman is at left (presumably Josephine Beatrice Bowman, who became Superindentent of the Navy Nurse Corps in 1922).Credit: NAVY.		Some of her nursing staff, March 1921. Principal Chief Nurse J. Beatrice Bowman is standing in the center, 4th from right.Credit: NAVY.
	Beatrice knew that it was for her to speak : she nerved herself : "Mercy, Malatesta! -- for us both!".Credit: Library of Congress.		Miss Beatrice Cameron as Lady Anne.Credit: Library of Congress.
	Miss Beatrice Hudson in jousting boot, worn by King Henry IV of France, holding two shoes at the annual convention of the National Boot and Shoe Manufacturing Association at the Hotel Commodore, New York City.Credit: Library of Congress.		Beatrice Abbey, full-length portrait, seated, facing front.Credit: Library of Congress.
	Elf [and] Beatrice.Credit: Library of Congress.		Beatrice.Credit: Library of Congress.
	County courthouse, Beatrice, Nebraska.Credit: Library of Congress.		House in Beatrice, Nebraska.Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Human Rights	El Salvador	In July the Legislative Assembly elected attorney Beatrice de Carrillo to serve as Human Rights Ombudswoman. (references)
	Cameroon	There reportedly was no action taken against the responsible members of the security forces who tortured, beat, raped, or otherwise abused the persons in the following cases from 2000: The November beating of a journalist; the September rape of two girls; the June beating of Amelie, a female soccer player; the June injuring of several persons when a grenade thrown by a gendarme exploded in a bar; the June beating of Beatrice Elouga, the June assault of numerous citizens; the May torturing of Achille Tehoumba Heubo; the May beating of Madeleine Ngo Songane; the May torturing to death of Mathew Titiahonjo; the May beating of several student demonstrators; the April beating and torturing of a foreign volunteer teacher; the April injuring of Cecile Ngono; the April beating of Nicole Ajong; the April beating of parishioners at Notre Dame De Sept Douleurs; the March torturing of Jean Paul Kentsa and two others; the January injuring and beating of several students when a demonstration was dispersed forcibly; and the January torturing of customs inspector Vincent Nkengfue. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Beatrice" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 95.16% of the time. "Beatrice" is used about 351 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (proper)	95.16%	334	15,701
Lexical Verb (base form)	2.28%	8	124,375
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	1.71%	6	143,867
Noun (singular)	0.85%	3	202,518
Total	100.00%	351	N/A

The following table summarizes the usage of "Beatrice" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Beatrice	First name Female	130,000	170
Beatrice	Last name	400	22,469
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

"Beatrice" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a voyager", "a traveler", "blessed".

The following table summarizes names related to "Beatrice."
Name	Gender	Language	Related Name
Beatriu	Female	Catalan	Beatrix
Bea	Female	English	Beatrix
Beatrice	Female	English	Beatrix
Beatrix	Female	English	N/A
Bee	Female	English	Beatrix
Trix	Female	English	Beatrix
Trixie	Female	English	Beatrix
Béatrice	Female	French	Beatrix
Beata	Female	German	Beatrix
Beatrix	Female	German	N/A
Beatrice	Female	Italian	Beatrix
Bice	Female	Italian	Beatrice
Beata	Female	Polish	Beatrix
Beatriz	Female	Portuguese	Beatrix
Beata	Female	Scandinavian	Beatrix
Beitris	Female	Scottish	Beatrice
Beatriz	Female	Spanish	Beatrix
Betrys	Female	Welsh	Beatrice
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

1. Beatrice, AL (town, FIPS 4900)
Location: 31.73375 N, 87.20904 W
Population (1990): 454 (187 housing units)
Area: 3.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 36425
Country: USA

2. Beatrice, NE (city, FIPS 3390)
Location: 40.26984 N, 96.74563 W
Population (1990): 12354 (5532 housing units)
Area: 17.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 68310
Country: USA

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Expressions: Beatrice

Expressions using "Beatrice": Beatrice Lillie ♦ Beatrice Webb ♦ Martha Beatrice Potter Webb. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Beatrice

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
beatrice nebraska	201
beatrice	126
beatrice dalle	85
beatrice daily sun	59
beatrice princess	40
beatrice valle	40
beatrice garden ice	36
beatrice small	35
beatrice potter	31
beatrice arthur	27
beatrice wood	26
beatrice bruins	19
beatrice food	17
beatrice spark	16
beatrice cycle	15
beatrice cenci	12
beatrice straight	9
beatrice lillie	8
beatrice eugenie princess	8
beatrice speedway	8
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Beatrice

Language		Translations for "Beatrice"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		beatrice. (various references)

French		beatrice. (various references)

German		beatrice. (various references)

Italian		beatrice. (various references)

Pig Latin		eatricebay

Portuguese		beatrice. (various references)

Russian		беатрис, Беатриса (Beatrix). (various references)

Spanish		beatrice. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: Beatrice

Misspellings
	"Beatrice" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Bacarisse, Bathrik, batricar, Bystrica. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Beatrice

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-b-c-e-e-i-r-t"
	-1 letter: terebic.
	-2 letters: baiter, barite, beater, berate, caribe, cerate, cerite, create, ecarte, rebait, rebate, recite, terbia, terbic, tierce.
	-3 letters: acerb, aerie, areic, arete, baric, beret, biter, brace, bract, caber, caret, carte, cater, ceiba, ceria, citer, crate, eater, erect, erica, irate, rabic, react, rebec, recta, recti, retia, retie, taber, terai, terce, trace, triac, tribe, trice.
	-4 letters: abet, abri, acre, airt, bait, bare, bate, bear, beat, beer, beet, beta, bice, bier, bite, brae, brat, bree, brie, brit, carb, care, cart, cate, cere, cete, cire, cite, crab, crib, etic, race, rate, rete, rice, rite, tace, tare, tear, tier, tire, tree.
	-5 letters: ace, act, air, ait, arb, arc, are, art, ate, bar, bat, bee, bet, bit, bra, cab, car, cat, cee, ear, eat, era, ere, eta, ice, ire, rat, reb, rec, ree, rei, ret, ria, rib, tab, tae, tar, tea, tee, tic, tie.
	Words containing the letters "a-b-c-e-e-i-r-t"
	+1 letter: bacterize, brecciate, iceboater.
	+2 letters: acerbities, bacteremia, bacteremic, bacterized, bacterizes, brecciated, brecciates, creditable, extricable, iceboaters.
	+3 letters: bacteremias, bactericide, baronetcies, becarpeting, bicentenary, bleacherite, cabinetries, celebrating, celebration, cerebrating, cerebration, certifiable, exorbitance, prediabetic, predictable, recalibrate, rectifiable, relubricate, rubefacient.
	+4 letters: accreditable, bactericides, bleacherites, cabinetmaker, celebrations, cerebrations, cybernetical, exacerbating, exacerbation, exorbitances, inextricable, precipitable, prediabetics, prefabricate, recalibrated, recalibrates, relubricated, relubricates, rubefacients, sabermetrics, supercabinet.
	+5 letters: ascertainable, bacteriolyses, bacteriophage, bicentenaries, bioelectrical, bureaucratise, bureaucratize, cabinetmakers, cybernetician, decerebrating, decerebration, discreditable, exacerbations, intracerebral, prefabricated, prefabricates, resectability, subcategories, subcategorize, subliteracies, supercabinets, unpredictable.
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