barbarian : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: barbarian	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for barbarian
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
barbarian adj without civilizing influences; "barbarian invaders"; "barbaric practices"; "a savage people"; "fighting is crude and uncivilized especially if the weapons are efficient"-Margaret Meade; "wild tribes" Synonym(s): barbarian, barbaric, savage, uncivilized, uncivilised, wild n a member of an uncivilized people [syn: savage, barbarian] a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement Synonym(s): peasant, barbarian, boor, churl, Goth, tyke, tike
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Barbarian \Barba"rian\, n. [See {Barbarous}.] 1. A foreigner. [Historical] Therefore if I know not the meaning of the voice, I shall be unto him that speaketh a barbarian, and he that speaketh shall be a barbarian unto me. --[?] Cor. xiv. 11. 2. A man in a rule, savage, or uncivilized state. 3. A person destitute of culture. --M. Arnold. 4. A cruel, savage, brutal man; one destitute of pity or humanity. [bd]Thou fell barbarian.[b8] --Philips.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Barbarian \Barba"rian\, a. Of, or pertaining to, or resembling, barbarians; rude; uncivilized; barbarous; as, barbarian governments or nations.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Barbarian a Greek word used in the New Testament (Rom. 1:14) to denote one of another nation. In Col. 3:11, the word more definitely designates those nations of the Roman empire that did not speak Greek. In 1 Cor. 14:11, it simply refers to one speaking a different language. The inhabitants of Malta are so called (Acts 28:1,2, 4). They were originally a Carthaginian colony. This word nowhere in Scripture bears the meaning it does in modern times.