Barbarossa
Americannoun
-
Frederick. Frederick I.
-
the planning and operational code name the Germans gave to their invasion of the Soviet Union (June 22, 1941).
noun
-
the nickname of the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I See Frederick Barbarossa
-
real name Khair ed-Din . c . 1465–1546, Turkish pirate and admiral: conquered Tunis for the Ottomans (1534)
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Once the Nazi regime took power, Mr. Hellbeck argues, the Soviet Union was firmly in its sights, leading ultimately to the invasion of June 1941—Operation Barbarossa.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2025
Meyer admitted he was Barbarossa when Politico confronted him with their reporting.
From Salon ● Nov. 5, 2024
She was an ally of the pirate and Ottoman leader Khayr al-Dīn, better known in the West as Barbarossa or Redbeard.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 2, 2024
This invasion was codenamed Operation Barbarossa, after a medieval German king who warred with the Slavs.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020
Barbarossa asked when Prosper and Renzo burst out laughing.
From "The Thief Lord" by Cornelia Funke
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
