Ben

The capital city of Ben County, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province, Iran.

Proper noun

  1. The capital city of Ben County, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province, Iran.
  2. A county of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province, Iran.

Proper noun Entry 2

  1. A shortening of the male given name Benjamin or, less often, of Benedict.
    • Ben wolved down a digestive biscuit, then stretched out on his stomach on the flagstones beside them. - 1990, Peter James, Sweet Heart, London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, →ISBN, page 156:
    • After a moment of comfortable silence, with Ben tenderly rubbing his thumb gently over the back of her hand, he asked, “So what do you want to do now that you’re all stuffed full of waffley goodness?” - 2013, Victoria...
    • When mathematicians face a question they cannot answer, they sometimes devise a less stringent question, in the hope that solving it will provide insights. This is the path that Tao took in 2004, in collaboration with...

Derived

Ben Franklin effect Ben Hill County Big Ben

Proper noun alt of, alternative

  1. Alternative form of Beng (“Mande language of Ivory Coast”).

Noun

  1. A US$100 bill, which bears a portrait of Benjamin Franklin. Often used in the plural form to indicate large sums of money.

Forms

Bens

Synonyms

Ben Franklin Benjamin Benjamin Franklin Franklin