From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Barbarian \Bar*ba"ri*an\, n. [See Barbarous.]
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1. A foreigner. [Historical]
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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. --1 Cor.
xiv. 11.
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2. A man in a rude, savage, or uncivilized state.
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3. A person destitute of culture. --M. Arnold.
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4. A cruel, savage, brutal man; one destitute of pity or
humanity. "Thou fell barbarian." --Philips.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Barbarian \Bar*ba"ri*an\, a.
Of, or pertaining to, or resembling, barbarians; rude;
uncivilized; barbarous; as, barbarian governments or nations.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
barbarian
adj 1: 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:
barbarian, barbaric, savage, uncivilized,
uncivilised, wild]
n 1: a member of an uncivilized people [syn: savage,
barbarian]
2: a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement
[syn: peasant, barbarian, boor, churl, Goth,
tyke, tike]