Barrie
noun
Sir James M(atthew), 1860–1937, Scottish novelist, short-story writer, and playwright.
Barrie
American
[bar-ee]
/ ˈbær i /
noun
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Sir James M(atthew), 1860–1937, Scottish novelist, short-story writer, and playwright.
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a city in SE Ontario, in S Canada, NW of Toronto.
Barrie
1
British
/ ˈbærɪ /
noun
barrie
2
British
/ ˈbærɪ /
adjective
Etymology
Origin of barrie
from Romany
Example Sentences
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A Rolls Royce owned by Barrie Drewitt-Barlow was loaded on to the back of a trailer and taken away for examination on Wednesday.
From BBC ● May 8, 2026
Barrie Drewitt-Barlow, 57, and his husband, Scott, 32, were arrested on Wednesday by Essex Police.
From BBC ● May 8, 2026
After the 2015 settlement, Sherin worked with Bandini de Stearn Baker’s great-niece Carolina Barrie to form the nonprofit 1887 Fund with authority from then VA Secretary Robert McDonald to restore the five original buildings.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2026
The launches make that hypothetical threat real, said Douglas Barrie, a specialist in military aerospace at the International Institute for Strategic Studies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 21, 2026
Most of all, he didn’t factor in the power of my Latin teachers, Miss Barrie and Miss Silber.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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