barbarian

Barbarian is defined as a person who is savage and crude.

(noun)

A cannibal is an example of a barbarian.

The definition of barbarian is someone or something lacking in social graces, education, and/or culture.

(adjective)

A country whose people are wild and primitive is an example of a barbarian country.

See barbarian in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

Obsolete an alien or foreigner: in the ancient world applied esp. to non-Greeks, non-Romans, or non-Christians
a member of a people or group with a civilization regarded as primitive, savage, etc.
1. a person who lacks culture
2. a coarse or unmannerly person; boor
a savage, cruel person; brute

Origin: < L barbarus, barbarous

adjective

of or like a barbarian; esp.,

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See barbarian in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A member of a people considered by those of another nation or group to have a primitive civilization.
A fierce, brutal, or cruel person.
An insensitive, uncultured person; a boor. See Synonyms at boor.

Origin:

Origin: French barbarien

Origin: , from barbare, barbarous

Origin: , from Latin barbarus; see barbarous

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