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barby

adj · name · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • CMU ARPABET: B AA1 R B IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

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adj

Meaning 1

Barbed, like the ends of an arrow cross.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable, rare

Topics: government, heraldry, hobbies, lifestyle, monarchy, nobility, politics

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Meaning 2

A village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, previously in Daventry district (OS grid ref SP5470).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning 3

A commune in Savoie department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning 4

A commune in Ardennes department, Grand Est, France.

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Meaning 5

A town on the Elbe in Salzlandkreis district, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.

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History

Etymology

Seemingly from French barbé, barbée, but in French (language and heraldry) that term means something else ("bearded or wattled").