double-barrelled

English

Etymology

From double- +‎ barrelled.

Adjective

Examples (names)
[Tim] Berners-Lee [Andrew] Lloyd Webber

double-barrelled (not comparable)

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see double,‎ barrelled. Having two barrels, as a gun.
2. Twofold, having a double purpose or nature.
   • 1972, Alexander Keith, A thousand years of Aberdeen:

     Alexander Taylor, a native of Stonehaven who in the later forties went to Edinburgh, where he enjoyed a double-barrelled reputation as a rhymester and as an astronomer.

   • 2011, Colin Wilson, Damon Wilson, Scandal!: An Explosive Exposé of the Affairs, Corruption and Power Struggles of the Rich and Famous, Random House, →ISBN:

     Skilling came to Enron with a double-barrelled reputation: on the one hand he was known to be a cold man with a taste for macho showing-off (Enron employees nicknamed him 'Darth Vader'). On the other hand he was said to be a genius ...

3. (of names) Having two separate parts, often adjoined by a hyphen (or sometimes a space).

   Synonym: hyphenated

   • 2018, James Lambert, “Setting the Record Straight: An In-depth Examination of Hobson-Jobson”, in International Journal of Lexicography, volume 31, number 4, →DOI, page 488:

     Almost unbelievably, some authors have formed the erroneous conception that ‘Hobson-Jobson’ is actually the double-barrelled surname of the dictionary’s editor.

4. (figurative) Forceful, powerful (like a double-barrelled shotgun).
   • 1945 November 6, “She trafficked in sin and souffle”, in Townsville Daily Bulletin, Queensland, Australia:

     When the sheriff arrested [Lucy Hicks Anderson] one night, her double-barrelled reputation paid off—Charles Donlon, the town's leading banker, promptly bailed her out. Reason: He had scheduled a huge dinner party, which would have collapsed dismally with Lucy In gaol.

   • 2023 November 5, Andrew Anthony, “Monsters of the road: what should the UK do about SUVs?”, in The Guardian‎^[1], →ISSN:

     Range Rover ran an ad campaign referring to grouse shooting with the line: “There’s only one car for the double-barrelled.”

Alternative forms

• double-barrel

Translations

having two barrels, as a gun

• Finnish: kaksipiippuinen (fi)
• Hungarian: dupla csövű, ikercsöves
• Punjabi: ਦੁਨਾਲ਼ੀ (dunāḷī)

having a double purpose or nature

• Finnish: kaksipiippuinen (fi), kaksitahoinen, kaksijakoinen, kaksinainen
• Hungarian: kettős (hu), dupla (hu), kétfunkciós

of names: having two separate parts

• Finnish: kaksiosainen (fi)
• Hungarian: kételemű (hu)

forceful, powerful

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• Gujarati: ^{(please verify)} બેનાળી (benāḷī)
• Hindi: ^{(please verify)} दुनाली (hi) (dunālī)

See also

• double-barrelled shotgun
• long-barrelled
• triple-barrelled
• tupara