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bates
/beɪts/
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What does bates mean?
verb
- third-person singular simple present indicative of bate
proper noun
- A surname originating as a patronymic.
- An unincorporated community in Scott County, Arkansas.
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proper noun
- An unincorporated community in New Berlin Township, Sangamon County, Illinois.
- A ghost town in Acme Township, Grand Traverse County, Michigan.
- A township in Iron County, Michigan.
- A hamlet in the town of Ellington, Chautauqua County, New York.
- An unincorporated community in Grant County, Oregon.
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IPA pronunciation
/beɪts/
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Thomas Bates, he called himself at the post-office where he regularly went for the letters and remittance which never came.
I allude to the wonderful manner in which certain butterflies imitate, as first described by Mr. Bates, other and quite distinct species.
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Mrs. Bates, the widow of a former vicar of Highbury, was a very old lady, almost past every thing but tea and quadrille.
Colouring for the purpose of concealment is sometimes included under the head Mimicry, a classification adopted by H.W. Bates in his classical paper.
At the close of the war Captain Bates had attained his great height of 7 feet 2 1/2 inches.