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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

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]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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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4. Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary

Barbarian
   a Greek word used in the New Testament (Rom. 1:14) to denote one
   of another nation. In Col. 3:11, the word more definitely
   designates those nations of the Roman empire that did not speak
   Greek. In 1 Cor. 14:11, it simply refers to one speaking a
   different language. The inhabitants of Malta are so called (Acts
   28:1,2, 4). They were originally a Carthaginian colony. This
   word nowhere in Scripture bears the meaning it does in modern
   times.

Thesaurus Results for Barbarian:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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