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Noun: barbarian  baa(r)'beh-ree-un
  1. A member of an uncivilized people
    - savage
     
  2. A crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement
    - peasant, boor, churl, Goth, tyke, tike
Adjective: barbarian  baa(r)'beh-ree-un
  1. Without civilizing influences
    "barbarian invaders";
    - barbaric, savage, uncivilized, uncivilised [Brit], wild

Derived forms: barbarians

See also: noncivilised [Brit], noncivilized

Type of: disagreeable person, primitive, primitive person, unpleasant person

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