Bertolde [Bar-told].

Imperturbable as Bertolde, i.e. not to be taken by surprise, thrown off your guard, or disconcerted at anything. Bertolde is the hero of a little jeu dʹesprit in Italian prose, J. Cesare Croce. He is a comedian by profession, whom nothing astonishes, and is as much at his ease with kings and queens as with persons of his own rank and vocation.

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

Bernese
Bernesque Poetry
Bernouilli’s Numbers
Berserker
Berth
Bertha
Bertha
Bertha (Frau)
Berthas [Stock Exchange term]
Berthe au Grand Pied
Bertolde [Bar-told]
Bertram
Bertram (Henry)
Bertram, Count of Rousillon
Bertram Risingham
Bertramo
Berwicks [Stock Exchange term]
Beryl Molozane
Berzak [the interval]
Besaile
Besants or Bezants