Barnard

American  

[bahr-nahrd, -nerd, bahr-nerd] / ˈbɑr nɑrd, -nərd, ˈbɑr nərd /

noun

1. Christiaan N(eethling) 1922–2001, South African surgeon: performed first successful human-heart transplant 1967.

2. Edward Emerson, 1857–1923, U.S. astronomer.

3. Frederick Augustus Porter, 1809–89, U.S. educator and advocate of higher education for women: president of Columbia University 1864–89.

4. George Gray, 1863–1938, U.S. sculptor.

5. Henry, 1811–1900, U.S. educator.

6. a first name.

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Barnard British  

/ ˈbɑːnɑːd /

noun

1. Christiaan ( Neethling ). 1923–2001, South African surgeon, who performed the first human heart transplant (1967)

2. Edward Emerson . 1857–1923, US astronomer: noted for his discovery of the fifth satellite of Jupiter and his discovery of comets, nebulae, and a red dwarf (1916)

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Barnard Scientific  

/ bär′nərd /

1. South African surgeon who performed the first successful human heart transplant in 1967.

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Barnard

“What’s going on is definitely unusual,” said Rajiv Sethi, a Barnard College economics professor who has studied prediction markets and wash trading.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

Barnard, who's from Norwich, says the driving bug was passed down from his father, who was a karting driver in his younger years.

From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026

For Farage, "while it's embarrassing for him to win against a dustbin, and not the mainstream parties, he will return as MP," said Catherine Barnard, a political expert at Cambridge University.

From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026

“It’s great that the state is invested in this issue, and they invested in one of the best coastal cliff experts that we have,” Barnard said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026

Since it took only men at the time, I applied to its sister college, Barnard, and was accepted.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls

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