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  • 91Ber|mu|das — «buhr MYOO duhz», noun (plural). Informal. = Bermuda shorts. (Cf. ↑Bermuda shorts) …

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  • 92Ber|nard|ine — «BUR nuhr dihn, deen», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. of or having to do with Saint Bernard, 1090 1153, abbot of Clairvaux, the most distinguished member of the Cistercian order and regarded as its second founder. 2. of or having to do with the… …

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  • 93Ber|nese — «bur NEEZ, NEES», adjective, noun, plural nese. –adj. of or having to do with Bern (or Berne), the capital of Switzerland, or the canton in which it is located: »the Bernese cantonal government. –n. a native or inhabitant of Bern (or Berne) …

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  • 94ber|ret|ta — «buh REHT uh», noun. = biretta. (Cf. ↑biretta) …

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  • 95ber|ried — «BEHR eed», adjective. 1. having berries. 2. in the form of berries; baccate. 3. (of lobsters, crabs, or other crustaceans) having eggs or spawn …

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  • 96ber|sa|glie|re — «BEHR suhl YAIR ee», noun, plural, glie|ri « YAIR ee». a rifleman or sharpshooter in the Italian army. ╂[< Italian bersagliere sharpshooter < bersaglio a mark] …

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  • 97ber|seem — «buhr SEEM», noun. an Egyptian clover cultivated for forage. ╂[< Arabic birsīm clover] …

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  • 98ber|serk|er — «BUR sur kuhr», noun. 1. Scandinavian Legend. one of a class of fierce Norse warriors who fought on the battlefield with such wild fury that they needed no armor. 2. Figurative. anyone so carried away by excitement or rage. ╂[< Scandinavian… …

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  • 99Ber|thon boat — «BUR thon», a kind of collapsible boat. ╂[< Edward Berthon, 1813 1899, an English clergyman, who invented it] …

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  • 100Ber|til|lon system — «BUR tuh lon», a system of identifying persons, especially criminals, by a record of individual measurements and physical peculiarities. Fingerprinting has now almost entirely replaced it. ╂[< Alphonse Bertillon, 1853 1914, a French… …

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