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  Barton

  noun

  Clara, 1821–1912, U.S. philanthropist who organized the American Red Cross in 1881.
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  barton

  noun

  a farmyard

Barton

American  

[bahr-tn] / ˈbɑr tn /

noun

1. Clara, 1821–1912, U.S. philanthropist who organized the American Red Cross in 1881.

2. Derek H(arold) R(ichard), 1918–98, English chemist: Nobel Prize 1969.

3. Sir Edmund, 1849–1920, Australian jurist and statesman: prime minister 1901–03.

4. a first name.

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Barton ¹ British  

/ ˈbɑːtən /

noun

1. Sir Derek ( Harold Richard ). 1918–98, British organic chemist: shared the Nobel prize for chemistry (1969) for his work on conformational analysis

2. Sir Edmund 1849–1920, Australian statesman; first prime minister of Australia (1901–03)

3. Elizabeth , known as the Maid of Kent . ?1506–34, English nun, who claimed the gift of prophecy. Her criticism of Henry VIII's attempt to annul his first marriage led to her execution

4. John ( Bernard Adie ). born 1928, British theatre director, noted esp for his productions of Shakespeare

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barton ² British  

/ ˈbɑːtən /

noun

1. archaic a farmyard

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Etymology

Origin of barton

Old English beretūn , from bere barley + tūn stockade; see _town

Example Sentences

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Husband and wife Christopher and Janine Barton, from Barnsley, who were both travelling on the motorcycle, also died in the crash.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

Mr and Mrs Barton, 48, who had lived in Barnsley, had recently celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

Pepe Barton, the conservancy’s director of communications, confirmed that work had begun this week, shortly after legal challenges to stop the culling were shot down.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026

That loss has made way for invasive annual grasses that ignite more easily, increase erosion and leave less water to soak into aquifers, Barton said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026

“Settle down and take your seats, everyone,” commands Mrs. Barton after the bell rings.

From "Amina's Voice" by Hena Khan

Stating coldly that he would discover how much of the accident was to be attributed to his negligence, and pay the damage, he went out of the barton, and returned the way he had come.

From The Romantic Adventures of a Milkmaid by Thomas Hardy

He drove on to the dairy, whose white walls now gleamed in the morning sun; made fast the horse to a ring in the wall, and entered the barton.

From The Romantic Adventures of a Milkmaid by Thomas Hardy

The rector from one, Springrove from the other, came striding across the barton.

From Desperate Remedies by Thomas Hardy

Then they drove the animals back to the barton, or sat down to milk them on the spot, as the case might require.

From Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy

Come; see the oxen kneel "In the lonely barton by yonder coomb    Our childhood used to know," I should go with him in the gloom,    Hoping it might be so.

From Moments of Vision and Miscellaneous Verses by Thomas Hardy