Meanings
barnet1
plural barnets
- Cockneyslanghair (on one's head)
Rather than banging on about my barnet, I’d ask friends about theirs.
2021 March 14, Michael Segalov, “It can leave your self-image fractured”, in The Guardian1 more example
Boris [Johnson], it seems, is taking it in this spirit, joshing beneath his ever-redeeming barnet that Labour's opposition to military action in Syria is a fey stance that he, as GQ politician of the year, would never be guilty of.
2013 September 13, Russell Brand, “Russell Brand and the GQ awards”, in The Guardian
Barnet2
plural Barnets · alternative surname Barnett
- A placename:
- countableuncountableA London borough of Greater London, England, United Kingdom.
- countableuncountableA town in the borough of Barnet, Greater London, England, United Kingdom.
Synonyms: Chipping Barnet, High Barnet
- countableuncountableA habitational surname from Old English.
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounA town in the borough of Barnet, Greater London, England, United Kingdom.
Origin
barnet · noun
Rhyming slang, from Barnet Fair, an annual horse and pleasure fair in Barnet, North London.
Full word history & related roots →Barnet · proper noun
- Old Englishbærnet“place cleared by burning”
- EnglishBarnet
From Old English bærnet (“place cleared by burning”).
More words from Old English
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Anagrams
Cite this entry
barnet. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/barnet
“barnet.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/barnet. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “barnet,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/barnet.
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