Definitions

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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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Italian barba, beard + rossa, red

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Examples

  • BARBAROSSA BROTHERS: The red-bearded Barbarossa brothers (Aruj and younger brother Hizir) raided along Africa's Barbary Coast.

    Thestar.com - Home Page 2008

  • 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

  • Again, most cultures have such a figure of legend (the emperor Barbarossa is perhaps the best-known example).

    That Blessed Plot, That Enigmatic Isle 2003

  • Again, most cultures have such a figure of legend (the emperor Barbarossa is perhaps the best-known example).

    That Blessed Plot, That Enigmatic Isle 2003

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Everett Collection A painting shows Frederick I, called 'Barbarossa.'

    Heirs to Germany's Royal History 2011

  • 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

  • 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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