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Barnard

[ bahr-nahrd, -nerd bahr-nerd ]

noun

  1. Chris·tiaan N(eeth·ling) [kris, -tyahn , nit, -ling], 1922–2001, South African surgeon: performed first successful human-heart transplant 1967.
  2. Edward Emerson, 1857–1923, U.S. astronomer.
  3. Frederick Augustus Porter, 1809–89, U.S. educator and advocate of higher education for women: president of Columbia University 1864–89.
  4. George Gray, 1863–1938, U.S. sculptor.
  5. Henry, 1811–1900, U.S. educator.
  6. a first name.


Barnard

/ ˈɑːɑː /

noun

  1. BarnardChristiaan (Neethling)19232001MSouth AfricanMEDICINE: surgeon, Christiaan ( Neethling ). 1923–2001, South African surgeon, who performed the first human heart transplant (1967)
  2. BarnardEdward Emerson18571923MUSSCIENCE: astronomer Edward Emerson . 1857–1923, US astronomer: noted for his discovery of the fifth satellite of Jupiter and his discovery of comets, nebulae, and a red dwarf (1916)
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Barnard

  1. South African surgeon who performed the first successful human heart transplant in 1967.
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Mr Cummings said he regretted the handling of his infamous trip to Barnard Castle during the first lockdown, but denied that he had damaged public trust in the government.

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Recently, Barnard College expelled students it said had taken their free speech too far because they had committed crimes – however nonviolent – in the process of exercising it.

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When Kelsey Barnard Clark won the sixteenth season of "Top Chef," set in Kentucky, she clinched victory with a dish that defied fine dining expectations: cornbread and buttermilk with crawfish, boiled peanuts, cucumber and watermelon.

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For Barnard Clark, the high-stakes intensity of "Top Chef" contrasts sharply with the approach outlined in her new cookbook and the ease of her Alabama kitchen.

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