Barbarian

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A member of one of the non-Greek peoples in the ancient world, regarded by the ancient Greeks as culturally inferior.
  • noun. A member of any of various peoples living outside the Roman Empire or not fully integrated into Greco-Roman civilization.
  • noun. A member of a people considered uncivilized or culturally inferior by members of another people.
  • noun. A fierce, brutal, or cruel person.
  • noun. An insensitive, uncultured person. synonym: boor.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A member of a barbarian people. See II., 5.
  • In anthropology, pertaining to a state of society in which descent is reckoned in the paternal line, and in which the members of the paternal family of all generations form an exogamous social unit called a gens.
  • noun. A foreigner; one whose language and customs differ from those of the speaker or writer.
  • noun. One outside the pale of Christian civilization.
  • noun. A man in a rude, savage state; an uncivilized person.
  • noun. An uncultured person; one who has no sympathy with culture; a philistine.
  • noun. A cruel, savage, brutal person; one destitute of pity or humanity: as, “thou fell barbarian,”
  • noun. [capitalized] A native of Barbary.
  • Foreign; of another or outside nation; hence, non-Hellenic, non-Roman, non-Christian, non-Chinese, etc.
  • Of or pertaining to savages; rude; uncivilized.
  • Cruel; inhuman; barbarous.
  • [capitalized] Of or belonging to Barbary.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A foreigner.
  • noun. A man in a rude, savage, or uncivilized state.
  • noun. A person destitute of culture.
  • noun. A cruel, savage, brutal man; one destitute of pity or humanity.
  • adjective. Of, or pertaining to, or resembling, barbarians; rude; uncivilized; barbarous.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Relating to people, countries or customs perceived as uncivilized or inferior.
  • noun. An uncivilized or uncultured person, originally compared to the hellenistic Greco-Roman civilisation; often associated with fighting or other such shows of strength.
  • noun. Someone from a developing country or backward culture.
  • noun. A warrior, clad in fur or leather, associated with Sword and Sorcery stories.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement
  • adjective. without civilizing influences
  • noun. a member of an uncivilized people