Barbarian Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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: a person from an alien land, culture, or group believed to be inferior, uncivilized, or violent — used chiefly in historical references In the Roman Empire, cohorts … patrolled the provinces, repelling the barbarians and maintaining the emperor's sovereignty. — Paul C. Schuytema Much of Italy had slipped from the grasp of the Byzantines, victim to the vigorous Germanic barbarians … who had begun their migration southward from the forested fastnesses of eastern and central Europe. — Stephen O'Shea

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: a barbarous person : a rude, crude, uneducated, or uncivilized person No, I'm not some sort of barbarian who would open a bottle of wine to enjoy some before offering it as a gift. That would be uncouth. — Irv Erdos

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: of or relating to a land, culture, or people alien and usually believed to be inferior to another land, culture, or people

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: lacking refinement, learning, or artistic or literary culture

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