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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024bar•bar•i•an /bɑrˈbɛriən/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a person regarded as wild, primitive, or uncivilized.
bar•bar•i•an•ism, n. [uncountable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024bar•bar•i•an (bär bâr′ē ən),USA pronunciation n. - a person in a savage, primitive state;
uncivilized person. - a person without culture, refinement, or education;
philistine. - (loosely) a foreigner.
- (in ancient and medieval periods)
- a non-Greek.
- a person living outside, esp. north of, the Roman Empire.
- a person not living in a Christian country or within a Christian civilization.
- (among Italians during the Renaissance) a person of non-Italian origin.
adj. - uncivilized;
crude;
savage. - foreign;
alien.
- Latin barbari(a) barbarous country (see barbarous, -ia) + -an
- 1540–50
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged alien.
- 6.See corresponding entry in Unabridged rude, primitive, wild, rough, barbaric, coarse, ignorant, uncultivated. Barbarian, barbaric, barbarous pertain to uncivilized people. Barbarian is the general word for anything uncivilized:a barbarian tribe.Barbaric has both unfavorable and mildly favorable connotations, implying crudeness of taste or practice, or conveying an idea of rude magnificence and splendor:barbaric noise.Barbarous emphasizes the inhumanity and cruelty of barbarian life:barbarous customs.
- 6.See corresponding entry in Unabridged cultivated, civilized.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: barbarian /bɑːˈbɛərɪən/ n - a member of a primitive or uncivilized people
- a coarse, insensitive, or uncultured person
- a vicious person
adj - of an uncivilized culture
- insensitive, uncultured, or brutal
Etymology: 16th Century: see barbarous |