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.

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1591.  Garrard, Art Warre, 170. The name of a raw souldier, and Bisognio.

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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.

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1612.  Chapman, Widdowe’s T., Plays, 1873, III. 17. Spurn’d out by Groomes like a base Bisogno.

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1636.  Abp. Williams, Holy T. (1637), 218. Being as yet Gods Bisognos, as it were, Tyrones Dei.

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