Definition of "barbarians" []

• Plural form of barbarian. (noun)

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• "Problem with fighting all the barbarians is the women and children keep getting in the way. and I support safeguarding the innocents of Darfur who are contending with the barbarians in their country."
• "Their nature is not at all changed by the rapid civilization which was given them by Peter I.; it has as yet only formed their manners: happily for them, they are always what we call barbarians, in other words, led by an instinct frequently generous, but always involuntary, which only admits of reflection in the choice of the means, and not in the examination of the end; I say happily for them, not that I wish to extol barbarism, but I designate by this name a certain primitive energy which can alone replace in nations the concentrated strength of liberty."
• "Hate for the barbarians is more of a focal point than the deer in the park."