Beppo.

The contraction of Giuseppe, and therefore equal to our Joe. Husband of Laura, a Venetian lady. He was taken captive in Troy, turned Turk, joined a band of pirates, grew rich, and, after several yearsʹ absence, returned to his native land, where he discovered his wife at a carnival ball with her cavaliero servente. He made himself known to her, and they lived together again as man and wife. (Byron: Beppo.)

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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.

Bengalese
Bengodi
Benicia Boy
Benjamin
Benjamin
Benjamin’s Mess
Bennaskar
Benshie, Benshee
Bent
Benvolio
Beppo
Berchta [the white lady]
Bereans
Berecynthian Hero
Berengarians
Berenice
Berg Folk
Bergæan (A)
Bergelmir
Berger
Bergomask

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