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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

The men's quadruple sculls of Harry Leask, George Bourne, Matthew Haywood and Thomas Barras were involved in a close race but were beaten to gold by Poland.

From BBC Sep. 24, 2022

Only now and then their names were mentioned, just as one sometimes casually speaks of Barras or of Gohier.

From The Prose Writings of Heinrich Heine by Heine, Heinrich

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