barclay

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Definition of barclay in English English dictionary

A habitational surname

A family name; "of the beautiful meadow"

Related Terms

Mikhail Prince Barclay de Tolly

born Dec. 13, 1761, Pamuskis, Poland-Lithuania died May 14, 1818, Insterburg, East Prussia Russian field marshal prominent in the Napoleonic Wars. A member of a Scottish family that had settled in Livonia, Barclay entered the Russian army in 1786. In 1812 he took command of one of two Russian armies operating against Napoleon. His strategy of avoiding decisive action and retreating into Russia proved unpopular, and he was forced to resign his command. He took part in the invasion of France in 1814, and in 1815 he was commander in chief of the Russian army that invaded France after Napoleon's return from Elba

Mikhail Bogdanovich Prince Barclay de Tolly

born Dec. 13, 1761, Pamuskis, Poland-Lithuania died May 14, 1818, Insterburg, East Prussia Russian field marshal prominent in the Napoleonic Wars. A member of a Scottish family that had settled in Livonia, Barclay entered the Russian army in 1786. In 1812 he took command of one of two Russian armies operating against Napoleon. His strategy of avoiding decisive action and retreating into Russia proved unpopular, and he was forced to resign his command. He took part in the invasion of France in 1814, and in 1815 he was commander in chief of the Russian army that invaded France after Napoleon's return from Elba

Samuel Barclay Beckett

born April 13?, 1906, Foxrock, Co. Dublin, Ire. died Dec. 22, 1989, Paris, France Irish playwright. After studying in Ireland and traveling, he settled in Paris in 1937. During World War II he supported himself as a farmworker and joined the underground resistance. In the postwar years he wrote, in French, the narrative trilogy Molloy (1951), Malone Dies (1951), and The Unnamable (1953). His play Waiting for Godot (1952) was an immediate success in Paris and gained worldwide acclaim when he translated it into English. Marked by minimal plot and action, existentialist ideas, and humour, it typifies the Theatre of the Absurd. His later plays, also sparsely staged, abstract works that deal with the mystery and despair of human existence, include Endgame (1957), Krapp's Last Tape (1958), and Happy Days (1961). In 1969 he was awarded the Nobel Prize

Hyphenation

Barc·lay

Turkish pronunciation

bärkley

Pronunciation

/ˈbärkˌlā/ /ˈbɑːrkˌleɪ/

Etymology

[ 'bär-klE ] (biographical name.) Variant of Berkeley, a place name from Old English. *Possibly also from de Berchelai, an Old English version of the Old French beaulee "of the beautiful meadow"