Reference > Brewer’s Dictionary > Barbarossa [Red-beard, similar to Rufus].

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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Barbarossa [Red-beard, similar to Rufus].
 
The surname of Frederick I. of Germany (1121–1190). Also Khaireddin Barbarossa, a famous corsair of the sixteenth century.   1
 


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