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Definition of Bessie smith
1. Noun. United States blues singer (1894-1937).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bessie Smith
Literary usage of Bessie smith
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reports of Cases Decided in the Supreme Court of the State of Oregon by Oregon Supreme Court (1890)
"Opini.n of the Court—Strahan, J. Something was said v.pcn the argument as to the
effect to be given to the evidence of bessie smith. ..."
2. Something Else Again by Franklin Pierce Adams (1920)
"Swinging far out above the city, "Bessie" Smith, the young and beautiful fiancee
of Basil Underwood, a prisoner incarcerated in the town jail, ..."
3. The Monthly Review by Charles William Wason (1844)
"... his nephew Henry,—a Smith also, of course,—a large fortune, but conditionally,
for he must marry his cousin " Bessie " Smith, else go next to penniless. ..."
4. A Complete Report of the Trial of Miss Madeline Smith: For the Alleged by Madeleine Hamilton Smith, John Morison, Scotland High Court of Justiciary (1857)
"Last winter, Mr and Mrs Smith, Mr John Smith, Miss bessie smith, Miss Janet, and
Miss Madeline Smith, were members of the family living in Blythswood Square ..."
5. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1884)
"Poor dear little bessie smith has taken diphtheria. She's very ill, and her poor
mother is helpless with terror. I've just been at Ivy Cottage and seen her. ..."
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