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Webster 1913 Edition
Barbarian
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. 1 Cor. xiv. 11.
2.
A man in a rude, savage, or uncivilized state.
3.
A person destitute of culture.
M. Arnold.
4.
A cruel, savage, brutal man; one destitute of pity or humanity.
“Thou fell barbarian.” Philips.
Bar-ba′ri-an
,Adj.
Of, or pertaining to, or resembling, barbarians; rude; uncivilized; barbarous;
as,
. barbarian
governments or nationsWebster 1828 Edition
Barbarian
BARBA'RIAN
,Noun.
1.
A man in his rude, savage state; an uncivilized person.2.
A cruel, savage, brutal man; one destitute of pity or humanity.3.
A foreigner. The Greeks and Romans denominated most foreign nations barbarians; and many of these were less civilized than themselves, or unacquainted with their language, laws and manners. But with them,the word was less reproachful than with us.BARBA'RIAN
,Adj.
2.
Cruel; inhuman.34