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Saint Barbara

Saint Barbara proper noun: the patron of armourers, military engineers, gunsmiths, miners and anyone else who worked with cannon and explosives.

Proper noun

Saint Barbara

  1. The patron of armourers, military engineers, gunsmiths, miners and anyone else who worked with cannon and explosives.

Questions about Saint Barbara

What does Saint Barbara mean?
Saint Barbara means the patron of armourers, military engineers, gunsmiths, miners and anyone else who worked with cannon and explosives.
What part of speech is Saint Barbara?
Saint Barbara is a proper noun.

Words near Saint Barbara in the dictionary

  1. Saint Anthony's crosses
  2. Saint Anthony's fire
  3. Saint Anthony's nut
  4. Saint Apollinaire
  5. Saint Aubin
  6. Saint Barbara
  7. Saint Bartholomew's Day massacre
  8. Saint Barthélemy
  9. Saint Bernard
  10. Saint Bernards
  11. Saint Catharines

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