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Pronunciation: [bˈaɹɪt] (IPA)

Barret is a word that refers to a barrier or obstruction that hinders movement or access. However, there are other synonyms for this word that can be used interchangeably, depending on the context. One synonym is barricade, which refers to a structure made for the purpose of preventing people from passing through. Another synonym is obstacle, which refers to something that hinders one's progress or success. A third synonym is blockade, which refers to a physical barrier that is erected to prevent access or shipment of goods. Other synonyms for barret include hindrance, constraint, impedance, and snag. Each of these words can be used to describe something that obstructs movement or access, either physically or metaphorically.
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Yet in the end they sent us into a garden belonging to the Viceroy, and coming thither, we found there our English gentlemen which were delivered as hostages when as our General was betrayed at St. John de Ullua, as is aforesaid, and with them we also found Robert Barret, the master of the Jesus, in which place we remained, labouring and doing such things as we were commanded for the space of four months, having but two sheep a day allowed to suffice us all, being very near a hundred men; and for bread, we had every man two loaves a day of the quantity of one halfpenny loaf.
"Voyager's Tales"
Richard Hakluyt
Robert Barret also, master of the Jesus, was sent away with the fleet into Spain the next year following, whereafter he suffered persecution in the Inquisition, and at the last was condemned to be burnt, and with him three or four more of our men, of whom one was named Gregory and another John Browne, whom I knew, for they were of our general his musicians, but the names of the rest that suffered with them I know not.
"Voyager's Tales"
Richard Hakluyt
Barret, dropped down just ahead of her, having been stationed up the river on picket, and notified Lieutenant Hoppins, who was in command of battery Worth, of the approach of the ram.
"In and Out of Rebel Prisons"
Lieut. A. [Alonzo] Cooper

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  • "It is you, sir?" "Sergeant Barret, isn't it?" "Yes, sir." "It is me" They bloody hung you, sir." "This army can't do anything right, Sergeant."
    Bernard Cornwell

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