Meaning of Barbarossa | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A surname from Italian.
2. An epithet or nickname applied to certain historical characters.
3. Operation Barbarossa: the 1941 Nazi German invasion of the Soviet Union in World War II, named after the emperor.
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Examples

“David Barbarossa”

“Theodore Cotillo Barbarossa”

“Politico reported it had identified Luke Meyer, 24, a Pennsylvania-based field staffer who worked for five months for the former president, as the online white nationalist who used the pseudonym Alberto Barbarossa. […] After being presented with evidence by Politico linking him to the Barbarossa alias, Meyer admitted the connection and confessed that he had been concealing his online identity from fellow members of Trump Force 47, the arm of the Trump campaign overseeing volunteer mobilisation efforts.”

“Frederick Barbarossa (Holy Roman Emperor 1122–1190)”

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