Obs. [a. It. bisogno need; also, a needy fellow, a raw recruit; also in Sp. bisoño, Pg. bisonho, in same sense.] Early form of BESONIO, BEZONIAN.
1591. Garrard, Art Warre, 170. The name of a raw souldier, and Bisognio.
1598. Barret, Theor. Warres, II. i. 17. Many inconueniences and disorders which rawe Bisognios will commit. Ibid., Gloss. 249. Bisognio or Bisonnio, a Spanish or Italian word.
1612. Chapman, Widdowes T., Plays, 1873, III. 17. Spurnd out by Groomes like a base Bisogno.
1636. Abp. Williams, Holy T. (1637), 218. Being as yet Gods Bisognos, as it were, Tyrones Dei.