Betsy
pronunciation
How to pronounce Betsy in British English:
UK 
How to pronounce Betsy in American English:
US
Word Origin
- Betsy
- fem. pet name, a diminutive of Bet, itself short for Elizabet or Elizabeth. Betsy as the typical a pet name for a favorite firearm is attested in American English by 1856 (compare Brown Bess, by 1785, British army slang for the old flintlock musket).
Example
- 1. Travis picks the passenger up one evening soon after betsy rejects him .
- 2. According to tradition , betsy ross sewed the first flag .
- 3. I haven 't been this disillusioned since I found outthat betsy ross didn 't design the american flag .
- 4. He is the reason why betsy fachet , 94 years old and sprightly , switched her allegiance to the democrats .
- 5. These will not peak until early next year , reckons betsy graseck of morgan stanley .