Besser
See also: besser
Translingual
Proper noun
Besser
- A botanical plant name author abbreviation for botanist Wilibald Swibert Joseph Gottlieb von Besser (1784-1842).
Further reading
English
Etymology
German surname, from Middle High German bezzerære, agent noun from Old High German bezzern (“to collect fines”).
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Besser”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 149.
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