barbarian
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- noun
- /bɑrˈbɛriən/
- Slur
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[OFENSIVO] bárbaro
- Many historians consider the Huns a notorious group of barbarians who had a significant impact on Europe.
- invasion by barbarians
- barbarian hordes
- barbarians and savages
They were, they truly were Barbarians inside the gate.
- They were, they truly were Barbarians inside the gate.
- Now within this there are some real Barbarians, the Huns.
- You know the the the Barbarians threatening your civilization.
- And he talks about Barbarians poisoning their their weapons.
- And of course, the cliche for the Romans of what Barbarians eat is red meat.
- We are Barbarians compared to them, right?
- And, you know, part of me thinks, you know, Barbarians are not at the gates.
- This is what it means to die among Barbarians.
- Nagano's response was the Imperial Japanese Army are not Barbarians.
- He was more than just the king of the Franks, because he now ruled over Barbarians, Avars, Visigoths, Lombards.
- So there there was so much that we would think, you know, you're either a barbarian or you're civilized.
Examples
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Adrianople made possible the precedent for future barbarian national settlement inside the Roman Empire.
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The people whom we call Barbarians know us only through our own crimes.
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But how do we know the offering of a barbarian will please the gods?
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What are we, barbarians here?
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How dare you and the rest of your barbarians set fire to my library?
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Irish monks set sail from our island to bring what was a semi barbarian Europe out of the Dark Ages.
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Barbarians from every corner are almost at Rome's door.
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Drizzt at least understood the barbarian's confusion about the young woman.
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Now it was her turn to give Wulfgar a superior stare, and the barbarian, humbled, promptly looked away.
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In ancient times, the Romans often viewed the barbarians from the north as uncivilized and unrefined.
Synonyms
Compounds
- Literature
A strong, rough warrior from an ancient society who is the main character in stories
How Civilized
Surface Forms
Morphology
barbarian = barbar + ian
Formed from a non‑productive borrowed root 'barbar' plus the suffix '-ian'; the base is not a recognizable English word, so learners cannot reliably derive the meaning from components.
Etymology
Barbarian was used by ancient Greeks and Romans from the Greek barbaros, based on the copied sound bar-bar for foreign speech, so it first meant an outsider. That's why barbarian became a name for people or tribes who were seen as outside the great civilizations.