BARBARIANS

Noun

barbarians

plural of barbarian

Source: Wiktionary


BARBARIAN

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



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