/bair"euhk/ for 1; /beuh roohk"/ for 2, 3 , n.
1. the amanuensis and friend of Jeremiah and nominal author of the book of Baruch in the Apocrypha. Jer. 32:12.
2. Bernard Mannes /man"euhs/ , 1870-1965, U.S. statesman and financier.
3. a male given name.