noun

1. a member of a non-Semitic people that lived in Philistia and repeatedly warred with the Israelites

2. Etymology: adapted < Ger Philister, orig. student slang for townspeople

   a person regarded as smugly narrow and conventional in views and tastes, lacking in and indifferent to cultural and aesthetic values

Etymology: ME < LL(Ec) Philistinus, usually pl. Philistini < LGr (Josephus) philistinoi < Heb p'lishtim; akin to Palestine

adjective

1. of the ancient Philistines or their culture
2. smugly conventional and lacking in culture