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Barbara

American  
[bahr-bruh, -ber-uh] / ˈbɑr brə, -bər ə /

noun

  1. a first name: from a Greek word meaning “foreign, exotic.”


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In the Slate Plus bonus episode, Mark unpacks what went down during the birthright citizenship oral arguments at the Supreme Court with Evan Bernick, a co-author of a key amicus brief in the Barbara v.

From Slate • Apr. 9, 2026

Trump himself has been circulating a 1987 interview he did with Barbara Walters.

From Salon • Apr. 7, 2026

“Santa Barbara is very cool,” Spencer Pratt told Parade in June.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026

In New York City or Chicago or San Diego, there is nothing remarkable about seeing young men wearing Carhartt work jackets, Stüssy skate shorts or a T-shirt from Supreme with its coveted, Barbara Kruger-esque logo.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

“They were gone long before I came down to have breakfast,” their daughter, Barbara, recalled.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield