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BarbEnglish (en) · Etymology 2Source text
Clipping of Barbie, from Harajuku Barbie, an alter-ego of Nicki Minaj.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗barbEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
PIE word *bʰardʰéh₂ From Middle English barbe, from Middle French barbe, from Old French barbe (“beard, beard-like element”). Doublet of beard.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗barbEnglish (en) · Etymology 2Source text
Clipping of Barbary.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗barbEnglish (en) · Etymology 3Source text
Clipping of barbiturate.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗barbEnglish (en) · Etymology 4Source text
Corruption of bard.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗barbEnglish (en) · Etymology 5Source text
Clipping of barbarian.
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Chambers (1908)
1908- BarbEnglish · e-37683-2226
Barb, bärb, n. the beard-like jag near the point of an arrow, fish-hook, &c.—v.t. to arm with barbs, as an arrow, &c.: to shave, trim, mow, to pierce, as with a barb.—adjs. Barb′ate (bot.), bearing a hairy tuft; Barb′ate
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Barb, bärb, n. a swift kind of horse, the breed of which came from Barbary in North Africa.
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