1. Barbarossa - Noun
2. Barbarossa - Proper noun
Barbary pirate (died in 1546)
Holy Roman Emperor from 1152 to 1190; conceded supremacy to the pope; drowned leading the Third Crusade (1123-1190)
Source: WordNetAfter Barbarossa and Pearl Harbor, the war tide slowly turned against the Axis. Alexander Dubček
On December 18, 1940, Hitler signed Directive Number 21, better known as Operation Barbarossa. Leopold Trepper
According to the Privilegium Minus issued by Emperor Frederick Barbarossa in 1156, the Austrian lands could be bequeathed through the female line. Source: Internet
Ancestry Frederick Barbarossa in fiction * In Victor Hugo 's romantic play Les Burgraves (1843), Frederick (as character Frédéric de Hohenstaufen) returns many years after he was presumed dead, as expected by some medieval legends. Source: Internet
As part of his efforts to bring Japan into Barbarossa, on 1 July 1941, Ribbentrop had Germany break off diplomatic relations with Chiang Kai-shek and recognized the Japanese-puppet government of Wang Jingwei as China's legitimate rulers. Source: Internet
A period of instability followed the death of Emperor Henry V (r. 1111–25), who died without heirs, until Frederick I Barbarossa (r. 1155–90) took the imperial throne. Source: Internet