barbarian, barbaric, savage, uncivilized, uncivilised, wild
(adjective) 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”
peasant, barbarian, boor, churl, Goth, tyke, tike
(noun) a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement
savage, barbarian
(noun) a member of an uncivilized people
Source: WordNet® 3.1
barbarian (not comparable)
Relating to people, countries or customs perceived as uncivilized or inferior.
• barbaric
• barbarous
barbarian (plural barbarians)
(historical) A non-Greek or a non-Roman.
An uncivilized or uncultured person, originally compared to the hellenistic Greco-Roman civilisation; often associated with fighting or other such shows of strength.
(derogatory) Someone from a developing country or backward culture.
A warrior, clad in fur or leather, associated with sword and sorcery stories.
(derogatory) A person destitute of culture; a Philistine.
A cruel, savage, brutal person; one without pity or humanity.
(derogatory) A foreigner, especially with barbaric qualities as in the above definitions.
• (foreigner): alien, outlander, peregrine; see also foreigner
Source: Wiktionary
Bar*ba"ri*an, n. Etym: [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.
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.
Definition: Of, or pertaining to, or resembling, barbarians; rude; uncivilized; barbarous; as, barbarian governments or nations.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
18 June 2025
(noun) large South American evergreen tree trifoliate leaves and drupes with nutlike seeds used as food and a source of cooking oil
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
