barnes

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Scrabble points: 8
Words With Friends: 10
Letters: 6

Pronunciation

/bɑː(ɹ)nz/

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/bɑː(ɹ)nz/ · /bɑɹnz/

Definition of barnes

8 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

name

(countable, uncountable)A surname.

“Riley Barnes, nominated to serve as assistant secretary of State for democracy, human rights and labor, revealed his dangerous proclivities to Kaine in his opening statement when he said that “all men are created equal because our rights come from God, our creator; not from our laws, not from our governments.””

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name

(countable, uncountable)A surname.

“Riley Barnes, nominated to serve as assistant secretary of State for democracy, human rights and labor, revealed his dangerous proclivities to Kaine in his opening statement when he said that “all men are created equal because our rights come from God, our creator; not from our laws, not from our governments.””
(countable, uncountable)A surname.
(countable, uncountable)A surname.
(countable, uncountable)A placename
(countable, uncountable)A placename
(countable, uncountable)A placename
(countable, uncountable)A placename

noun

(form-of, plural)plural of barne

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Etymology

* As an English surname, from the place on the bank of the Thames, derived from the root of the noun barn. * Also as an English surname, variant of…

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* As an English surname, from the place on the bank of the Thames, derived from the root of the noun barn. * Also as an English surname, variant of Barne, from both a Middle English personal name from Old Norse Bjǫrn and Old English Beorn, and from the noun barn (“child”). Semantically compare Child. * As an Irish surname, Anglicized from Ó Bearáin (literally “descendant of Bearán”), a byname from bior (“spear”). * As a French surname, variant of Bernes, from a short form of a Germanic name derived from Frankish *berō (“bear”), similar to Bernhard. * As a Jewish surname, variant of Parnes, from Yiddish פּרנס (prns), from Hebrew פַּרְנָס (“leader of a Jewish community, provider”).

Anagrams of barnes

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4-letter words

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3-letter words

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2-letter words

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