< /ˈmeɪˌbɛl/, Mother Maybelle Carter, 1909–78, U.S. country-and-western singer and guitarist.
noun plural -nies
- old-fashioned, slang an amphetamine tablet, esp benzedrine: a stimulant
noun plural -nies
- US slang a man’s overcoat
noun
- Jack, real name Benjamin Kubelsky . 1894–1974, US comedian
noun
- another name for sesame
- benne oil the edible oil obtained from sesame seeds
noun
- Angela. 1940–92, British novelist and writer; her novels include The Magic Toyshop (1967) and Nights at the Circus (1984)
- Elliot (Cook). 1908–2012, US composer. His works include the Piano Sonata (1945–46), four string quartets, and other orchestral pieces: Pulitzer Prize 1960, 1973
- Howard. 1873–1939, English Egyptologist: excavated the tomb of the Pharaoh Tutankhamen
- James Earl, known as Jimmy. born 1924, US Democratic statesman; 39th president of the US (1977–81); Nobel peace prize 2002
noun plural -men archaic
- a husband
- a man not of gentle birth: used as a title
- a master of a household
noun
- Benny, full name Benjamin David Goodman. 1909–86, US jazz clarinetist and bandleader, whose treatment of popular songs created the jazz idiom known as swing
“cart-driver,” late 12c., from Anglo-French careter, and in part an agent noun from cart (v.).