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 Definitions of barbarian  [ɑrˈbɛər i ən]  

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Definition of 'barbarian' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) barbarian
a person regarded as savage, primitive, or uncivilized, esp. a person belonging to a culture different from one's own.

2.  barbarian
a person without culture, refinement, or education; philistine.

3.  barbarian
(esp. in ancient and medieval times) a foreigner: applied orig. to non-Greeks and to those outside the Roman Empire.

4. (adj.) barbarian
uncivilized; crude; savage.

5.  barbarian
foreign; alien.

Etymology:  (1540–50; < L barbari(a) barbarous country (see barbarous , -ia ) + -an1)

Definition of 'barbarian' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) savage, barbarian
a member of an uncivilized people

2. (adj) peasant, barbarian, boor, churl, Goth, tyke, tike
a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement

3. (adj) barbarian, barbaric, savage, uncivilized, uncivilised, wild
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"


Definition of 'barbarian' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) barbarian
of, or pertaining to, or resembling, barbarians; rude; uncivilized; barbarous; as, barbarian governments or nations

2. (noun) barbarian
a foreigner

3. (noun) barbarian
a man in a rule, savage, or uncivilized state

4. (noun) barbarian
a person destitute of culture

5. (noun) barbarian
a cruel, savage, brutal man; one destitute of pity or humanity


Translation of 'barbarian' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: an uncultured and uncivilized person.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: barbaar Arabic flag Arabic: همجي، بربري، هَمَجي، مُتَ Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: варварин
Brazilian flag Brazilian: bárbaro Czech flag Czech: barbar German flag German: der Barbar
Danish flag Danish: barbar Greek flag Greek: βάρβαρος άνθρωπος Spanish flag Spanish: bárbaro
Estonian flag Estonian: barbar Farsi flag Farsi: آدم بی فرهنگ Finnish flag Finnish: barbaari
French flag French: barbare Hebrew flag Hebrew: בַּרבָּרִי Hindi flag Hindi: असभ्य, जंगली
Croatian flag Croatian: barbar Hungarian flag Hungarian: barbár Indonesian flag Indonesian: barbar, orang yang biadab
Icelandic flag Icelandic: barbari, villimaður Italian flag Italian: barbaro Japanese flag Japanese: 野蛮人
Korean flag Korean: 야만인 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: barbaras Latvian flag Latvian: barbars
Malay flag Malay: orang yang tidak bertamad Dutch flag Dutch: barbaar Norwegian flag Norwegian: barbar
Polish flag Polish: barbarzyńca Persian flag Persian: آدم بی فرهنگ Pashto flag Pashto: (تاريخ) ځنګلى، نيم وحشى س
Portuguese flag Portuguese: bárbaro Romanian flag Romanian: barbar Russian flag Russian: варвар
Slovak flag Slovak: barbar, -ka Slovenian flag Slovenian: barbar Serbian flag Serbian: varvarin
Swedish flag Swedish: barbar Thai flag Thai: คนป่าเถื่อน Turkish flag Turkish: barbar, uygar olmayan kim
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 野蠻人 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: варвар Urdu flag Urdu: وحشی ، اکھڑجنگلی
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: người man rợ Chinese flag Chinese: 野蛮人 Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: barbaarse
Arabic flag Arabic: غَيْر حَضاري، غَيْر مُتَم Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: варварски Brazilian flag Brazilian: bárbaro
Czech flag Czech: barbarský German flag German: barbarisch Danish flag Danish: barbarisk
Greek flag Greek: βάρβαρος Spanish flag Spanish: bárbaro Estonian flag Estonian: barbaarne
Farsi flag Farsi: وحشیانه Finnish flag Finnish: barbaarimainen French flag French: barbare
Hebrew flag Hebrew: בַּרבָּרִי Hindi flag Hindi: बर्बर Croatian flag Croatian: barbarski
Hungarian flag Hungarian: barbár Indonesian flag Indonesian: primitif Icelandic flag Icelandic: villimannlegur,ósiðmennta
Italian flag Italian: barbaro Japanese flag Japanese: 野蛮な Korean flag Korean: 야만스러운
Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: barbarų, barbariškas Latvian flag Latvian: barbaru-; barbarisks Malay flag Malay: pakaian orang gasar
Dutch flag Dutch: barbaars Norwegian flag Norwegian: barbarisk Polish flag Polish: barbarzyński
Persian flag Persian: وحشیانه Pashto flag Pashto: بي رحمانه، Portuguese flag Portuguese: bárbaro
Romanian flag Romanian: barbar Russian flag Russian: варварский Slovak flag Slovak: barbarský
Slovenian flag Slovenian: barbarski Serbian flag Serbian: varvarski Swedish flag Swedish: barbarisk
Thai flag Thai: ที่ป่าเถื่อน Turkish flag Turkish: kaba, vahşi Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 野蠻人的
Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: варварський Urdu flag Urdu: وحشیانہ Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: thô lỗ
Chinese flag Chinese: 野蛮人的

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'barbarian' - Nearby Entries  

barbarea praecox  barbarea verna  barbarea vulgaris  barbarian  barbaric  barbarisation  barbarise  



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