Definition of "bes"

bes¹

/biːz/

verb
1. (now chiefly dialectal) third-person singular simple present indicative of be
  Quotations
  She bes there these five yare, an' has sint hoome foor her broother an' sister, the mooney for their passage, an' they bes goone these thra yares.
  1850, William Stevens Balch, Ireland, as I Saw it
  "An' he bes free times as old as herself," he wailed, " an' ugly as a squid ! But he bes rich — rich as any marchant — an' for the bread an' the fixin's an' the gold she bes takin' 'im."
  1916, The Windsor Magazine - Volume 44, page 353
  And she bes white. Now, I bes what they use to call a house nigra. I don't work in no fields. And you know, I likes my color. Sho' not real fair, and not real dark either. I bes just who I be.
  2005, Brenda Dooling, The Diamond Cage, page 236
2. (dialectal, nonstandard) Present tense inflected form of be: am or are.
  Quotations
  She bes there these five yare, an' has sint hoome foor her broother an' sister, the mooney for their passage, an' they bes goone these thra yares.
  1850, William Stevens Balch, Ireland, as I Saw it
  And she bes white. Now, I bes what they use to call a house nigra. I don't work in no fields. And you know, I likes my color. Sho' not real fair, and not real dark either. I bes just who I be.
  2005, Brenda Dooling, The Diamond Cage, page 236

bes²

noun
plural besses
1. (historical, numismatics) A bronze coin of the Roman Republic, worth two thirds of an as.

bes³

noun
1. plural of be (Cyrillic letter)