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}]