Definition of "barbarian" []

• A member of a people considered by those of another nation or group to have a primitive civilization. (noun)
• A fierce, brutal, or cruel person. (noun)
• An insensitive, uncultured person; a boor. See Synonyms at boor. (noun)

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• "Las Casas, however, turned the term barbarian against the civilizers."
• "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."
• "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."