Ben

Ben

Ben is often a shortened version of the given name Benjamin, Benedict, Bengt, Bennett, Benoit, Benvolio or less commonly Bentley, although it is also used as a formal given name in its own right.
In Arabic and Hebrew "Ben" means "son of" or "Leader".

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Famous quotes containing the word ben:

    “Mrs. Robinson, you’re trying to seduce me. Aren’t you?”
    —Calder Willingham, screenwriter, Buck Henry, screenwriter, and Mike Nichols. Ben Braddock (Dustin Hoffman)

    “For of fortunes sharp adversitee
    The worst kynde of infortune is this,
    A man to han ben in prosperitee,
    And it remembren, whan it passed is.”
    —Geoffrey Chaucer (1340–1400)