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Barbarie

Barbarie is the obsolete form of Barbary.

Meaning of Barbary

Proper noun

Barbary

  1. (historical) The Mediterranean coastal areas of North Africa that were used as a base by pirates in the 16th to 19th centuries.
    • [King of] Moro[cco]. Ye Moores and valiant men of Barbary,
      How can ye ſuffer theſe indignities?c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC...

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Questions about Barbarie

What is Barbarie the obsolete form of?
Barbarie is the obsolete form of Barbary.

Words near Barbarie in the dictionary

  1. barbaric
  2. barbarical
  3. barbarically
  4. Barbaricine
  5. Barbaricum
  6. Barbarie
  7. barbarigenesis
  8. barbarious
  9. barbariously
  10. barbariousness
  11. Barbaris

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