Barnes — English Dictionary

Proper noun

1. A surname.

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   Riley Barnes, nominated to serve as assistant secretary of State for democracy, human rights and labor, revealed his dangerous proclivities to Kaine in his opening statement when he said that “all men are created equal because our rights come from God, our creator; not from our laws, not from our governments.”

2. A surname. An English toponymic surname transferred from the common noun for someone who owned, lived in, or worked in a barn.

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3. A surname. A habitational surname from Middle English for someone from the place of the same name in Surrey.

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4. A placename A suburb of London in the borough of Richmond upon Thames, Greater London, England, originally a town in Surrey (OS grid ref TQ2276).

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5. A placename An inner suburb and ward in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England (approx OS grid ref NZ3856).

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6. A placename A minor city in Washington County, Kansas, United States.

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7. A placename A small town in the far south of the Riverina, New South Wales, Australia.

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