English (Midlands and northwest) : topographic name for someone
who lived by one or more barriers or obstructions, from a plural or
possessive form of Barr 2.
English (Midlands and northwest) : metonymic occupational name for
a maker of bars, or perhaps a nickname for a tall, thin man. See
Barr 4.
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