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barnstar

barnstar noun: a decorative painted object or image, often in the shape of a five-pointed star but occasionally in a circular wagon-wheel style, used to adorn a barn.

barnstar: a decorative painted object or image, often in the shape of a five-pointed star but occasionally in...
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Noun

barnstar (plural barnstars)

  1. A decorative painted object or image, often in the shape of a five-pointed star but occasionally in a circular wagon-wheel style, used to adorn a barn.
  2. A lucky charm resembling a star plate, similar to a horseshoe
  3. An image posted on a wiki user's personal page by another user, as an informal award or form of recognition.
    • There are many different Wikipedia barnstars that connote different things.2008, Jonathan Zittrain, The Future of the Internet and How to Stop It, →ISBN, Notes: Chapter 6, page 290
    • Other Wikipedia editors responded to Mr. [Richard] Knipel’s courageous act by awarding him several “Barnstars,” the site’s official tokens of appreciation. “You’ve got some guts man!” wrote a user who awarded him a Barnstar of Diligence. Mr. Knipel did not respond to a request for comment.2025 October 17, Andy Newman, “Wikipedia Volunteers Avert Tragedy by Taking Down Gunman at Conference”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC

barnstar meaning in Indonesian

barnstar in Indonesian

image posted on personal page
BintangWiki

Forms of barnstar

pluralbarnstars
alternative formbarn star
alternative formbarn-star

Origin of barnstar

From barn + star. In the wiki sense a reference to the communal practice of barnraising, introduced on the MeatballWiki in the early 2000s and adopted by Wikipedia in 2003.

Questions about barnstar

What does barnstar mean?
Barnstar means a decorative painted object or image, often in the shape of a five-pointed star but occasionally in a circular wagon-wheel style, used to adorn a barn.
What is barnstar in Indonesian?
Barnstar in Indonesian is BintangWiki. See Barnstar meaning in Indonesian.
What part of speech is barnstar?
Barnstar is a noun.
What is the plural of barnstar?
The plural of barnstar is barnstars.

Words near barnstar in the dictionary

  1. Barnstable
  2. Barnstable County
  3. Barnstaple
  4. Barnstaple oven
  5. Barnstaple ovens
  6. barnstar
  7. barnstars
  8. Barnstead
  9. Barnston
  10. Barnstone
  11. Barnstons

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: barnstar (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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