Barrie

American  

[bar-ee] / ˈbær i /

noun

1. Sir James M(atthew), 1860–1937, Scottish novelist, short-story writer, and playwright.

2. a city in SE Ontario, in S Canada, NW of Toronto.

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Barrie ¹ British  

/ ˈbærɪ /

noun

1. Sir James Matthew . 1860–1937, Scottish dramatist and novelist, noted particularly for his popular children's play Peter Pan (1904)

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barrie ² British  

/ ˈbærɪ /

adjective

1. dialect very good; attractive

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Etymology

Origin of barrie

from Romany

Example Sentences

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

But for Season 5, the creatives behind the show were looking to make “Vecna on steroids,” as Barrie Gower, the prosthetics wiz for “Stranger Things,” put it.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 27, 2025

Still, neither Sennott nor Barrie is necessarily eager to abandon either of the cities informing their characters’ lives.

From Salon • Nov. 2, 2025

“J. M. Barrie was swept to Neverland because he was snatched from the countryside by a shadow,” Auntie North said.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova