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barbarian Definition


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barbarian
noun
    1. Someone who is cruel and wild in behaviour.
      Thesaurus: savage, brute, cannibal.
    2. An uncivilized and uncultured person.
      Thesaurus: yahoo, Hun, philistine, troglodyte, vulgarian, lout.
adj
    1. Cruel and wild; uncivilized.
      Example: under attack from barbarian tribes
Etymology: 14c: from Greek barbaros foreign.



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