BEZONIAN

Date "BEZONIAN" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1598. (references)

Etymology: Bezonian \Be*zo"ni*an\, noun. [Compare to the French expression besoin need, want, It bisogno.]. (Websters 1913)

Specialty Definitions: BEZONIAN

Domain	Definitions
Literature	Bezonian A new recruit; applied originally in derision, to young soldiers sent from Spain to Italy, who landed both ill-accoutred and in want of everything (Ital. besogni, from bisogno, need; French besoin). "Base and pilfering besognios and marauders." - Sir W. Scott: Monastery, xvi. "Great men oft die by vile bezonians." Shakespeare: 2 Henry VI., act iv. 1. "Under which king, Bezonian? Speak or die" (2 Hen. IV., act v. 3). Choose your leader or take the consequences - Cæsar or Pompey? "Speak or die." Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms within Context: BEZONIAN

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Commonalty	Beggar, gaberlunzie, muckworm, mudlark, sans culotte, raff, tatterdemalion, caitiff, ragamuffin, Pariah, outcast of society, tramp, vagabond, bezonian, panhandler, sundowner, chiffonnier, Cinderella, cinderwench, scrub, jade; gossoon.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Rhyming with "BEZONIAN"

Words rhyming with "BEZONIAN" (pronounced 'Be*zo"ni*an'): Abderian, Absinthian, Academian, Academician, Acadian, Acanthopterygian, Acaridan, Achean, Achillean, Acoustician, Acritan, Acroceraunian, Acropolitan, Adamantean, Adessenarian, Adonean, Adrian, AEgean, AEolian, AEonian, AEsculapian, AEsthetican, Ahriman, Airman, Airwoman, Ajouan, Ajowan, ajwain, Alabastrian, Alan, Alban, Albanian, Albigensian, Aldebaran, Alderman, Alexandrian, Algerian, Algonkian, Algonquian, Alkoran, Alloxan, Almsman, Alogian, Alongshoreman, Alphabetarian, Altitudinarian, Amatorian, Amazonian, Amebean, Ametabolian. (additional references)

Anagrams: BEZONIAN

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-b-e-i-n-n-o-z"
	-1 letter: benzoin.
	-2 letters: benzin, bizone, bonnie, eonian.
	-3 letters: anion, azine, baize, beano, benni, bonne, bonze, inane, zineb.
	-4 letters: aeon, anon, azon, bane, bani, bean, bine, bize, bone, ebon, nabe, naoi, nazi, neon, nine, nona, none, obia, zein, zoea, zone.
	-5 letters: abo, ain, ane, ani, azo, ban, ben, bin, bio, biz, boa, eon, inn, ion, nab, nae.
	Words containing the letters "a-b-e-i-n-n-o-z"
	+2 letters: benzocaine.
	+3 letters: benzocaines, emblazoning.
	+4 letters: dibenzofuran, nebulization.
	+5 letters: decarbonizing, dibenzofurans, nebulizations, nondialyzable.
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