[bair-uh
k for 1; buh-rook for 2, 3] 
| 1. | the amanuensis and friend of Jeremiah and nominal author of the book of Baruch in the Apocrypha. Jer. 32:12. |
| 2. | Bernard Man⋅nes [man-uhs] , 1870–1965, U.S. statesman and financier. |
| 3. | a male given name. |