barbarian

Definition of Barbarian in English :

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Noun

1. barbarian, savage

a member of an uncivilized people

savage

2. barbarian, boor, churl, goth, peasant, tike, tyke

a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement

Adjective

3. barbarian, barbaric, savage, uncivilised, uncivilized, wild

without civilizing influences

Example Sentences:
'barbarian invaders'
'barbaric practices'
'a savage people'
'fighting is crude and uncivilized especially if the weapons are efficient'
'wild tribes'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Barbarian

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noun

1.

a member of a primitive or uncivilized people

2.

a coarse, insensitive, or uncultured person

3.

a vicious person

adjective

4.

of an uncivilized culture

5.

insensitive, uncultured, or brutal

Barbarian

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noun

1. Obsolete

an alien or foreigner

in the ancient world applied esp. to non-Greeks, non-Romans, or non-Christians

2.

a member of a people or group with a civilization regarded as primitive, savage, etc.

3.

a.

a person who lacks culture

b.

a coarse or unmannerly person; boor

4.

a savage, cruel person; brute

adjective

5.

of or like a barbarian

; esp.,

a.

uncivilized; crude

b.

cruel; barbarous

Barbarian

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n.

1.

a. A member of one of the non-Greek peoples in the ancient world, regarded by the ancient Greeks as culturally inferior.

b. A member of any of various peoples living outside the Roman Empire or not fully integrated into Greco-Roman civilization.

2. A member of a people considered uncivilized or culturally inferior by members of another people.

3. A fierce, brutal, or cruel person.

4. An insensitive, uncultured person. See Synonyms at boor.

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