Definition of: Beatrice

(bē′ə·tris, Ital. bā′ä·trē′chā)
A feminine personal name. Also Be·a·trix (bē′ə·triks; Dan., Du., Ger., Sw. bā·ä′triks), Fr. Bé·a·trice or Bé·a·trix (bā·á·trēs′), Pg., Sp. Be·a·triz (Pg. bā′ä·trēsh′, Sp. -trēth′). [<L, she who makes happy]
—Beatrice
The heroine of Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing.
—Beatrice The idealized and symbolic heroine of Dante's Divine Comedy: identified with Beatrice Por·ti·na·ri (pôr′tē·nä′rē),
1266–90, Florentine lady.