Barton
noun
Clara, 1821–1912, U.S. philanthropist who organized the American Red Cross in 1881.
Barton
American
[bahr-tn]
/ ˈbɑr tn /
noun
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Clara, 1821–1912, U.S. philanthropist who organized the American Red Cross in 1881.
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Derek H(arold) R(ichard), 1918–98, English chemist: Nobel Prize 1969.
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Sir Edmund, 1849–1920, Australian jurist and statesman: prime minister 1901–03.
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a first name.
Barton
1
British
/ ˈbɑːtən /
noun
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Sir Derek ( Harold Richard ). 1918–98, British organic chemist: shared the Nobel prize for chemistry (1969) for his work on conformational analysis
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Sir Edmund 1849–1920, Australian statesman; first prime minister of Australia (1901–03)
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Elizabeth , known as the Maid of Kent . ?1506–34, English nun, who claimed the gift of prophecy. Her criticism of Henry VIII's attempt to annul his first marriage led to her execution
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John ( Bernard Adie ). born 1928, British theatre director, noted esp for his productions of Shakespeare
barton
2
British
/ ˈbɑːtən /
noun
Etymology
Origin of barton
Old English beretūn , from bere barley + tūn stockade; see town
Example Sentences
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“I just wasn’t prepared for that,” Barton said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
White Mills Meadow is on the banks of the River Nene at Earls Barton, near Northampton, and it was given to the trust by the Thompson family.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
Barton has no training and less than zero credibility, having been caught repeatedly peddling easily disproved lies.
From Salon ● Jul. 1, 2026
"Especially in developer circles, the cost to use AI for things like coding has grown exponentially," said Mark Barton of tech consultancy Omniux.
From Barron's ● May 31, 2026
British Airways, the United Kingdom’s national commercial passenger airline, didn’t hire its first female pilot, Lynn Barton, until 1987.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
His innerds be only a lock of straw from Bridle's barton.
From The Dynasts by Hardy, Thomas
Come; see the oxen kneel "In the lonely barton by yonder coomb Our childhood used to know," I should go with him in the gloom, Hoping it might be so.
From Moments of Vision and Miscellaneous Verses by Hardy, Thomas
Stating coldly that he would discover how much of the accident was to be attributed to his negligence, and pay the damage, he went out of the barton, and returned the way he had come.
From The Romantic Adventures of a Milkmaid by Hardy, Thomas
He drove on to the dairy, whose white walls now gleamed in the morning sun; made fast the horse to a ring in the wall, and entered the barton.
From The Romantic Adventures of a Milkmaid by Hardy, Thomas
For a long time I could not make up my mind to ask for work as a common labourer in a parish where I had been regarded as the owner of a barton.
From The Birthright by Hocking, Joseph
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