Barbarossa

Definitions: Barbarossa

Barbarossa

Noun

1. Holy Roman Emperor from 1152 to 1190; conceded supremacy to the pope; drowned leading the Third Crusade (1123-1190).

2. Barbary pirate (died in 1546).

Date "Barbarossa" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Specialty Definitions: Barbarossa

Domain	Definitions
Biographical Satire	BARBAROSSA, Kaiser, the only emperor of Germany who ever went to sleep. Source: Who was Who: 5000BC - 1914.
Literature	Barbarossa [Red-beard, similar to Rufus ]. The surname of Frederick I of Germany (1121--1190). Also Khaireddin Barbarossa, a famous corsair of the sixteenth century. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
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Synonyms: Barbarossa

Synonyms: Frederick Barbarossa (n), Frederick I (n), Khayr ad-Din (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Barbarossa

English words defined with "Barbarossa": Frederick Barbarossa. (references)

Specialty definitions using "Barbarossa": Wunderberg. (references)

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Modern Usage: Barbarossa

Domain	Usage
Movie/TV Titles	Federico Barbarossa (1910)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Barbarossa

Domain	Title
Books	Barbarossa 1941 (reference) Barbarossa in Italy (reference) Black Cross/Red Star : Vol. 1, Operation Barbarossa 1941 (reference) Jagdwaffe: Section 2, Barbarossa April-May 1941 (reference) Operation Barbarossa in Photographs: The War in Russia As Photographed by the Soldiers (Schiffer Military History) (reference) (more book examples)
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Usage Frequency: Barbarossa

"Barbarossa" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 97.35% of the time. "Barbarossa" is used about 151 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (proper)	97.35%	147	25,998
Noun (singular)	2.65%	4	175,879
Total	100.00%	151	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Barbarossa

Expression using "Barbarossa": Frederick Barbarossa. Additional references.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Barbarossa

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
barbarossa operation	103
barbarossa	62
frederick barbarossa	21
barbarossa berlin combat mission	16
barbarossa berlin	10
luca barbarossa	4
barbarossa combat mission	4
barbarossa frigyes	3
barbarossa friedrich	3
barbarossa frederick king	2
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Modern Translations: Barbarossa

Language		Translations for "barbarossa"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Pig Latin		arbarossabay.(various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Barbarossa

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-a-b-b-o-r-r-s-s"
	-2 letters: ararobas, rasboras.
	-3 letters: absorbs, araroba, arrobas, rasbora.
	-4 letters: absorb, arbors, arroba, sabras, sarsar.
	-5 letters: abbas, arbor, arras, babas, barbs, basso, boars, boras, brass, roars, sabra, saros, soars, soras, sorbs.
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