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