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Entry 5 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Barbarian

/bär-bĕr'-ē-ən/ · Bar·ba·ri·an · IPA /bɑɹˈbɛəɹ.i.ən/
01 n. A foreigner.
  1. 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. 2.
    A man in a rude, savage, or uncivilized state.
  3. 3.
    A person destitute of culture.
  4. 4.
    A cruel, savage, brutal man; one destitute of pity or humanity.
02 a. Of, or pertaining to, or resembling, barbarians; rude; uncivilized; barbarous; as, barbarian governments or nations.
  1. 1.
    Of, or pertaining to, or resembling, barbarians; rude; uncivilized; barbarous; as, barbarian governments or nations.