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barbarian

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Barbarian \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.

Barbarian \Bar*ba"ri*an\, a.
   Of, or pertaining to, or resembling, barbarians; rude;
   uncivilized; barbarous; as, barbarian governments or nations.

Source : WordNet®

barbarian
     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" [syn: {barbaric},
            {savage}, {uncivilized}, {uncivilised}, {wild}]
     n 1: a member of an uncivilized people [syn: {savage}]
     2: a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or
        refinement [syn: {peasant}, {boor}, {churl}, {Goth}, {tyke},
         {tike}]
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