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Barbarian

Barbarian Meaning & Definition
Barbarian Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Barbarian?

[n] a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement
[n] a member of an uncivilized people
[adj] without civilizing influences; "barbarian invaders"; "barbaric practices"; "a savage people"; "fighting is crude and uncivilized especially if the weapons are efficient"-Margaret Meade; "wild tribes"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Barbarian: barbaric | boor | churl | Goth | noncivilised | noncivilized | peasant | savage | savage | tike | tyke | uncivilised | uncivilized | wild

Related Terms | Find terms related to Barbarian: alien | animal | anthropophagite | backward | barbaric | barbarous | beast | bestial | bloodthirsty | boor | boorish | brutal | brute | brutish | cannibal | churl | churlish | clod | coarse | crude | cruel | deracine | destroyer | displaced person | emigre | exile | exotic | exterior | external | extraneous | extraterrestrial | extrinsic | ferocious | foreign | foreign devil | foreign-born | foreigner | Goth | Gothic | graceless | gringo | heathenish | hooligan | hyena | ignoramus | ill-bred | ill-mannered | impolite | inhuman | insensitive | intrusive | lout | loutish | lowbrow | man-eater | Neanderthal | nihilist | noncivilized | oaf | oafish | outland | outlander | outlandish | outlaw | outside | outsider | philistine | primitive | refugee | rough | rough-and-ready | rude | ruffian | savage | shark | skinhead | strange | stranger | tasteless | the Wandering Jew | tiger | tough | tramontane | troglodyte | troglodytic | Uitlander | ulterior | ultramontane | uncivil | uncivilized | uncombed | uncouth | uncultivated | uncultured | unearthly | unkempt | unlicked | unpolished | unrefined | untamed | vandal | vandalic | vulgar | wanderer | wild | wild man | wrecker | yahoo

See Also | anthropophagite | anthropophagus | cannibal | disagreeable person | headhunter | head-shrinker | hunter-gatherer | man-eater | Odoacer | Odovacar | Odovakar | primitive | primitive person | unpleasant person | Vandal

Barbarian In Webster's Dictionary

\Bar*ba"ri*an\, n. [See {Barbarous}.] 1. A foreigner. [Historical] Therefore if I know not the meaning of the voice, I shall be unto him that speaketh a barbarian, and he that speaketh shall be a barbarian unto me. --? Cor. xiv. 11. 2. A man in a rule, savage, or uncivilized state. 3. A person destitute of culture. --M. Arnold. 4. A cruel, savage, brutal man; one destitute of pity or humanity. ``Thou fell barbarian.'' --Philips.
\Bar*ba"ri*an\, a. Of, or pertaining to, or resembling, barbarians; rude; uncivilized; barbarous; as, barbarian governments or nations.

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