Bart

//bɑɹt// name, noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Abbreviation or diminutive for baronet, later replaced by Bt. It is a post-nominative title; the pre-nominative is Sir (e.g. Sir John Smith Bart.). UK

    "The First Lord's daughter proud, Snubbed earls and viscounts nightly— She sneered at barts aloud. And spurned poor Joe Golightly."

  2. 2
    a member of the British order of honor; ranks below a baron but above a knight wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To use Bay Area Rapid Transit, to ride on BART.
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A diminutive of the male given name Bartholomew.
  2. 2
    Acronym of Bay Area Rapid Transit. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of

    "I walk down to the BART station and catch the train back to the city and it’s night by the time it rises up from the tunnels under Oakland."

Synonyms

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baronetbaronetbtbt

Example

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""Thirty years ago, jeans were only available in three shades — rinse, stonewash and bleach," said Bart Sights, head of the Levi's Eureka lab. "Our company now designs 1,000 finishes per season.""

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