Webster's 1828 Dictionary
BARBARY
n.A barbary horse; a barb.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
BARBARY
Bar "ba *ry, n. Etym: [Fr. Ar. Barbar the people of Barbary. ]
Defn: The countries on the north coast of Africa from Egypt to the Atlantic. Hence: A Barbary horse; a barb. [Obs. ] Also, a kind of pigeon. Barbary ape (Zoöl.), an ape (Macacus innus ) of north Africa and Gibraltar Rock, being the only monkey inhabiting Europe. It is very commonly trained by showmen.
New American Oxford Dictionary
Barbary
Bar ba ry |ˈbärbərē ˈbɑrbəri |(also Barbary States ) a former name for the Saracen countries of north and northwestern Africa, together with Moorish Spain. The area was noted between the 16th and 18th centuries as a haunt of pirates. Compare with Maghrib. ORIGIN based on Arabic barbar (see Berber ).
Barbary ape
Bar ba ry ape ▶noun a tailless macaque monkey that is native to northwestern Africa and also found on the Rock of Gibraltar. [Macaca sylvana, family Cercopithecidae. ]
Barbary Coast
Bar ba ry Coast a former name for the Mediterranean coast of North Africa from Morocco to Egypt.
Barbary sheep
Bar ba ry sheep ▶noun a short-coated sheep with a long neck ruff, found in the high deserts of northern Africa. Also called aoudad. [Ammotragus lervia, family Bovidae. ]
Oxford Dictionary
Barbary
Barbary |ˈbɑːbəri |(also Barbary States ) a former name for the Saracen countries of North and NW Africa, together with Moorish Spain. Compare with Maghrib. ORIGIN based on Arabic barbar (see Berber ).
Barbary ape
Bar |bary ape |ˈbɑːb (ə )ri | ▶noun a tailless macaque monkey that is native to NW Africa and also found on the Rock of Gibraltar. ●Macaca sylvana, family Cercopithecidae.
Barbary Coast
Bar |bary Coast a former name for the Mediterranean coast of North Africa from Morocco to Egypt.
Barbary sheep
Bar |bary sheep ▶noun a short-coated sheep with a long neck ruff, found in the high deserts of northern Africa. Also called aoudad. ●Ammotragus lervia, family Bovidae.
Barbary States
Bar |bary States another name for Barbary.
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