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Barras

British  
/ baras /

noun

  1. Paul François Jean Nicolas , Vicomte de Barras. 1755–1829, French revolutionary: member of the Directory (1795–99)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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That year, he married Anne Barras, a student at Hunter College.

From New York Times Jan. 22, 2024

The politician Paul Barras isn’t too awful by comparison, though awful more or less describes the waste of an actor as good as Tahar Rahim in a role this underimagined.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 22, 2023

“You’ve been working hard to eradicate them on one side, and then you could get a left hook from them on the other side,” Barras said.

From Washington Post Dec. 26, 2022

Barras, who has 102 employees, says robots cannot replace humans today as they can perform only repetitive, simple tasks like picking up a round plastic cylinder and stamping a company logo on the correct side.

From Reuters Aug. 26, 2021

His energies and talents had already attracted the notice of some of the leading men, especially of Barras, who had witnessed his conduct at Toulon.

From Lives of Celebrated Women by Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold) Goodrich

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