Barbarian (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. a person in a savage, primitive state; uncivilized person.
  2. a person without culture, refinement, or education; philistine.
  3. (loosely) a foreigner.
  4. (in ancient and medieval periods)
    • a non-Greek.
    • a person living outside, especially north of, the Roman Empire.
    • a person not living in a Christian country or within a Christian civilization.
  5. (among Italians during the Renaissance) a person of non-Italian origin.
adjective
  1. uncivilized; crude; savage.
  2. foreign; alien.
noun
  1. a member of a primitive or uncivilized people
  2. a coarse, insensitive, or uncultured person
  3. a vicious person
adjective
  1. of an uncivilized culture
  2. insensitive, uncultured, or brutal
Barbarian (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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