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HOW TO PRONOUNCE

bartholomew

/bɑɹˈθɑləmju/

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What does bartholomew mean?

proper noun

  1. An Apostle, identified with Nathanael. (biblical character)
  2. A male given name from Aramaic of biblical origin.
  3. A surname.

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IPA pronunciation

/bɑɹˈθɑləmju/

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Other dictionary pronunciations

/bɑɹˈtɑləmi/
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In point of fact it offers much similarity with the crowd that committed the Saint Bartholomew massacres.
Gustave Le BonThe crowd : $b A study of the popular mindProject Gutenberg ebook #445
I immediately got into work at Palmer's, then a famous printing-house in Bartholomew Close, and here I continu'd near a year.
Benjamin FranklinThe Autobiography of Benjamin FranklinProject Gutenberg ebook #148
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These ideas of Friar Bartholomew spread far and struck deep into the popular mind.
Andrew Dickson WhiteHistory of the Warfare of Science with Theology in ChristendomProject Gutenberg ebook #505
He first conceived the idea of the wholesale massacre of St. Bartholomew, many years before Catharine de' Medici carried it into operation.
John FiskeThe Unseen World, and Other EssaysProject Gutenberg ebook #1486
When Abernethy was canvassing for the office of surgeon to St. Bartholomew Hospital, he called upon such a person—a rich grocer, one of the governors.
Samuel SmilesSelf Help; with Illustrations of Conduct and PerseveranceProject Gutenberg ebook #935