barbaras

Proper noun

Barbara (plural Barbaras)

1. A female given name from Latin.
   • My mother had a maid call'd Barbara; / She was in love, and he she lov'd prov'd mad / And did forsake her; […]Scene 3
2. A syllogism in which all three propositions are of the form "All X are Y" or "X is a Y".
   • If you see a girl you like, prove it to her by Barbara and Celarent all the way to Fresison or whatever the logician's Omega is — I forget.