About The Word Vandal
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Vandal
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What's The Definition Of Vandal?
[n] someone who willfully destroys or defaces property
[n] a member of the Germanic people who overran Gaul and Spain and North Africa and sacked Rome in 455 Synonyms | Synonyms for Vandal: Related Terms | Find terms related to Vandal: See Also | barbarian | destroyer | ruiner | savage | undoer | uprooter | waster Vandal In Webster's Dictionary \Van"dal\, n. [L. Vandalus, Vandalius; of Teutonic
origin, and probably originally signifying, a wanderer. Cf.
{Wander}.]
1. (Anc. Hist.) One of a Teutonic race, formerly dwelling on
the south shore of the Baltic, the most barbarous and
fierce of the northern nations that plundered Rome in the
5th century, notorious for destroying the monuments of art
and literature.
2. Hence, one who willfully destroys or defaces any work of
art or literature.
The Vandals of our isle, Sworn foes to sense and
law. --Cowper.
\Van"dal\, Vandalic \Van*dal"ic\, a. Of or pertaining to the Vandals; resembling the Vandals in barbarism and destructiveness. |
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