Proper noun
A surname transferred from the given name.
An unincorporated community in Grant County, Oregon, United States.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgThe musicians who interest me most are people like Nitin Sawhney, Talvin Singh, Django Bates. They are not just writing music but performing it, recording it, putting tours together and running their own labels. That is what real musicians are, rather than over-publicised specialists. Joanna MacGregor
The most glorious thing about working in the collaborative art is when you have somebody like Susan Kingsley or Kathy Bates who are better than your play. Beth Henley
Kathy Bates is sexy. It's partly because of her talent, but she's got a great face, and a great laugh. Denis Leary
Michael Bates was a very funny actor; he'd served in India, could speak Urdu, and had great comic timing. Sanjeev Bhaskar
1898 illustration of Mr Knightley and Emma Woodhouse, Volume III chapter XIII When Mr Knightley scolds Emma for the insult to Miss Bates, she is ashamed and tries to atone with a morning visit to Miss Bates, which impresses Mr Knightley. Source: Internet
After Bates' father died, Bates and his mother lived alone together "as if there was no one else in the world" until Bates reached adolescence, when his mother took a lover, Joe Considine (named Chet Rudolph in Psycho IV: The Beginning ). Source: Internet