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- proper noun A
nickname of several historical characters - proper noun Operation Barbarossa The nickname of the Nazi invasion of Russia in World War II
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun Holy Roman Emperor from 1152 to 1190; conceded supremacy to the pope; drowned leading the Third Crusade (1123-1190)
- noun Barbary pirate (died in 1546)
Etymologies
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Examples
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BARBAROSSA BROTHERS: The red-bearded Barbarossa brothers (Aruj and younger brother Hizir) raided along Africa's Barbary Coast.
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Lately he comes to my room and sits in the dark for hours rambling about something he calls Barbarossa; it takes you and me away from each other.
Tours of the Black Clock Steve Erickson 2008
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Again, most cultures have such a figure of legend (the emperor Barbarossa is perhaps the best-known example).
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Again, most cultures have such a figure of legend (the emperor Barbarossa is perhaps the best-known example).
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In February, 1941, as preparations for the surprise attack on Russia proceeded, he exclaimed to his generals: "When Barbarossa (the code word for the Russian campaign) commences, the world will hold its breath!"
The Rise and Fall of Adolf Hitler Shirer, William L 1961
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The fact that the Germans did well in Barbarossa doesn’t mean that their logistics were any good.
Matthew Yglesias » Iraqi Civil War: Now With Better Drive Shafts 2007
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The fact that the Germans did well in Barbarossa doesn’t mean that their logistics were any good.
Matthew Yglesias » Iraqi Civil War: Now With Better Drive Shafts 2007
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Everett Collection A painting shows Frederick I, called 'Barbarossa.'
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Teuber (pronounced "TOY-burr"), a dental technician living with his wife and three kids in a white row house in Rossdorf, Germany, had created a game a few years earlier called Barbarossa and the Riddlemaster , a sort of ur-Cranium in which players mold figures out of modeling clay while their opponents try to guess what the sculptures represent.
Monopoly Killer: Perfect German Board Game Redefines Genre By Andrew Curry 2009
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Teuber (pronounced "TOY-burr"), a dental technician living with his wife and three kids in a white row house in Rossdorf, Germany, had created a game a few years earlier called Barbarossa and the Riddlemaster , a sort of ur-Cranium in which players mold figures out of modeling clay while their opponents try to guess what the sculptures represent.
Monopoly Killer: Perfect German Board Game Redefines Genre 2009
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