barbados

UK /bɑː(ɹ)ˈbeɪ.dɒs/ US /bɑɹˈbeɪ.doʊs/

name 1verb 1

Definitions

name

An island and country in the Caribbean.

verb

To press-gang (force into naval service).

The Barbadian planters […] resorted to shipping in hundreds of Scottish and Irish soldiers who’d been taken prisoner during Oliver Cromwell’s conquest. When that supply ran out, they took to kidnapping children, so many that a new term was coined: “barbadosed” meant the same thing in the late seventeenth century as “shanghaied” would in the twentieth.

Collocations

ADJ.

ripe

The ripe Barbados cherries from the farmer's market were sweet and juicy.

VERB + BARBADOS

eaten

I've eaten Barbados fish cakes at the market every weekend since moving to the island.

BARBADOS + NOUN

bridgetown, cherry, member

The cherry trees planted throughout Barbados have become a symbol of the island's natural beauty.

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Example Bank

Wiktionary

Barbados is a member of the Commonwealth.

Tatoeba · #1789014

Have you ever eaten a ripe Barbados cherry?

Tatoeba · #6477354

Bridgetown is the capital of Barbados.

Tatoeba · #7907536

Having sold himself, after the manner of the times, for his passage across the seas, he worked out his time of servitude at the Barbados.

Tatoeba · #12428493

The capital of Barbados is Bridgetown.

Tatoeba · #12801641

Usage Notes

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In some senses, barbados is marked as historical. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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