Proper noun
A town in Oklahoma.
A diminutive of Elizabeth, also used as a formal female given name.
(cryptozoology) Bessie, a lake monster supposed to exist in Lake Erie in the United States.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgIt would be great to have Bach in one corner, Bessie Smith in another, John Lennon in another. That's what I'd ideally like. A studio of the dead. Jools Holland
Bessie Braddock: Winston, you are drunk, and what's more you are disgustingly drunk. Churchill: Bessie, my dear, you are ugly, and, what's more, you are disgustingly ugly. But tomorrow I shall be sober and you will still be disgustingly ugly. Winston Churchill
I think I was probably an early teenager when I discovered Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey and a bunch of people that are on a long list of artists. They were important to me, especially as an early adolescent. Madeleine Peyroux
Albertson, Bessie, pp. 2–5, 277. Unmarked grave Smith's grave was unmarked until a tombstone was erected on August 7, 1970, paid for by the singer Janis Joplin and Juanita Green, who as a child had done housework for Smith. Source: Internet
Bessie Smith, The Complete Recordings Vol. 2. Columbia COL 468767 2. the sheer power of her voice was even more evident. Source: Internet
Bessie Smith 's January 14, 1925, Columbia Records recording of " Saint Louis Blues " with Louis Armstrong is considered by many to be one of the finest recordings of the 1920s. Source: Internet