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  • proper noun Norse mythology The god Thor.

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red +‎ beard

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Examples

  • He passes by the house of a member of the new socialist elite, Manuel Piñeiro (the notorious "Redbeard"), second in command of state security:

    Inside the Revolution Leiken, Robert S. 1984

  • BARBAROSSA ( "Redbeard"), the name given by the Christians to a family of

    Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" Various

  • "Redbeard," who became king of Germany in 1152, [118] is the most interesting of all the German emperors; and the records we have of his reign enable us to gain a pretty good view of Europe in the middle of the twelfth century.

    An Introduction to the History of Western Europe James Harvey Robinson 1899

  • The most famous Muslim corsairs were the brothers Hayreddin Barbarossa "Redbeard" and Oruç Reis, who took control of Algiers in the early 16th century, beginning four hundred years of Muslim Ottoman Empire presence in North

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

  • The most famous Muslim corsairs were the brothers Hayreddin Barbarossa "Redbeard" and Oruç Reis, who took control of Algiers in the early 16th century, beginning four hundred years of Muslim Ottoman Empire presence in North

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

  • The most famous Muslim corsairs were the brothers Hayreddin Barbarossa "Redbeard" and Oruç Reis, who took control of Algiers in the early 16th century, beginning four hundred years of Muslim Ottoman Empire presence in North

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

  • Told to make a formal call at the Koishikawa Public Clinic and pay his respects to its head Kyojio Niide, commonly called 'Redbeard' (Toshiro Mifune), he learns that he is to stay there and work as an intern.

    AvaxHome RSS: 2009

  • Many of the Maremma's image problems arose from the fact that the plains here were long laced with swamps, which bred the anopheles mosquitoes that carry malaria, and provided hideouts and avenues for pirate attacks, most notoriously by the 16th-century woman snatcher, Redbeard.

    The Other Tuscany Richard Nalley 2010

  • Time for a bit of the Amra persona, with Sigurd Redbeard and the Sea Monsters.

    Superhero Prose Fiction: Conan - 12 Conan Of the Isles Blue Tyson 2008

  • I will have to check for Redbeard the next time we are there.

    Direct TV in Mexico? 2007

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