barbarian

IPA: bɑrbˈɛriʌn

(historical) A non-Greek or a non-Roman citizen.
An uncivilized or uncultured person, originally compared to the hellenistic Greco-Roman civilisation; often associated with fighting or other such shows of strength.
(derogatory) A person destitute of culture; a Philistine.
(derogatory) Someone from a developing country or backward culture.
A warrior, clad in fur or leather, associated with sword and sorcery stories.
A cruel, savage, inhumane, brutal person; one without pity or empathy.
(derogatory) A foreigner, especially with barbaric qualities as in the above definitions.

Examples of "barbarian" in Sentences

Las Casas, however, turned the term barbarian against the civilizers.
Point of interest: Philip uses the term barbarian for a foreign king.
A desperate new appeal by the president of Georgia to stop what he calls barbarian behavior by Russia.
He does not even use the term barbarian, probably because the Hellenes had not yet been marked off from the rest of the world by one distinctive name.
He does not even use the term barbarian, probably because the Hellenes had not yet been marked off from the rest of the world by one distinctive appellation.
Obviously, in his later years, when he became king, necessity demanded he modify his ways, but as we witness in “Phoenix on the Sword,” the barbarian is always lurking just beneath the surface.
The king's persistency in begging her not to veil so austerely a face which the gods had made for the admiration of men, his evident vexation upon her refusal to appear in Greek costume at the sacrifices and public solemnities, his unsparing raillery at what he termed her barbarian shyness, all tended to convince her that the young