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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • Greek Christian whose legendary life and martyrdom formed the basis for many later works of religious art. Her feast, December 4, was dropped from the Catholic liturgical calendar in 1969.

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  • proper noun A female given name.

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Name of a legendary saint, Latin Barbara, feminine form of barbarus, from Ancient Greek βάρβαρος (barbaros, "strange, foreign"). Compare Sanskrit बर्बर (barbara, "barbarian").

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