Beatrice Definition & Meaning

American

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Beatrice American [bee-uh-tris, bee-tris, bee-a-tris, be-ah-tree-che] / ˈbi ə trɪs, ˈbi trɪs, biˈæ trɪs, ˌbɛ ɑˈtri tʃɛ /

noun

1. (in Dante's Vita Nuova andDivine Comedy ) a symbolic figure developed from the person whom Dante first saw as a child and loved as an ideal of womanhood.

2. a city in southeastern Nebraska.

3. a first name: from a Latin word meaning “one who brings joy.”

Example Sentences

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Princess Beatrice oversaw a refurbishment of the cottage and later described it as the "most glamorous Wendy house ever" in a BBC documentary celebrating Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee.

From BBC

"I think so often, especially as mums, we spend our lives, you know, feeling we have to be perfect to do this," Beatrice told the podcast.

From BBC

"I'm not sure about their long-term profitability," said Beatrice Hainaut, a space policy researcher at the Institute for Strategic Research at the Military School.

From Barron's

Their places in the line of succession will also stay the same, with Beatrice in ninth and Eugenie in twelfth place.

From BBC

Both are married with children, with Beatrice splitting her time between her Cotswolds property and an apartment in St James' Palace.

From BBC

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