barbarian
IPA: bɑrbˈɛriʌn
noun
- (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.
adjective
- Relating to people, countries, or customs perceived as uncivilized or inferior.
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Examples of "barbarian" in Sentences
- The barbarians are the feet of the empire.
- I appreciate, the barbarian to the coloniser.
- The article on the word Barbarian is comical.
- The Barbarian and The Stro were in attendance.
- The Barbarian and Haku began teaming in the WWF in 1991.
- Barbarians, we, to expect verisimilitude from such a soul.
- The culture of the nomad is not to be confused with the barbarian.
- The barbarians in the area find Tarnum to be cruel and tyrannical.
- The Highlander accuses the Barbarian of being a liar and a braggart.
- Las Casas, however, turned the term barbarian against the civilizers.
- Point of interest: Philip uses the term barbarian for a foreign king.
- Frankly, the barbarian status of the Franks is unrelated to their paganism.
- 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