The AI-powered English dictionary
plural Barts
(UK) Abbreviation or diminutive for baronet, later replaced by Bt. It is a post-nominative title; the pre-nominative is Sir (e.g. Sir John Smith Bart.). quotations examples
The First Lord's daughter proud,Snubbed earls and viscounts nightly—She sneered at barts aloud.And spurned poor Joe Golightly.
1867, W.S. Gilbert, Joe Golightly
A diminutive of the male given name Bartholomew. examples