Baz

See also: baz

English

Alternative forms

• Bazza

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -æz

Proper noun

Baz

1. (British, Ireland, Australia) A diminutive of the male given name Barry.
   • 2003, Peter Robinson, Aftermath: An Inspector Banks Mystery, unnumbered page,

     There was me and Baz – Barry Stevens, my DS – in one car.

2. (British, Ireland, Australia) A diminutive of the male given name Basil.
   • 2005, Reginald Hill, Who Guards a Prince‎^[1], page 169:

     That's what Baz—Basil Younger——said when I put it to him.