barbarian
Noun
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A member of an uncivilized people (synset 110572830)
is a type of: primitive, primitive person - a person who belongs to an early stage of civilizationsubtypes:
- anthropophagite, anthropophagus, cannibal, man-eater - a person who eats human flesh
- head-shrinker, headhunter - a savage who cuts off and preserves the heads of enemies as trophies
- hunter-gatherer - a member of a hunting and gathering society
- vandal - a member of the Germanic people who overran Gaul and Spain and North Africa and sacked Rome in 455
specific instances: odoacer, odovacar, odovakar - Germanic barbarian leader who ended the Western Roman Empire in 476 and became the first barbarian ruler of Italy (434-493)same as: savage -
A crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement (synset 110430560)
is a type of: disagreeable person, unpleasant person - a person who is not pleasant or agreeable
Adjective
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Without civilizing influences (synset 300413865)
"barbarian invaders"; "barbaric practices"; "a savage people"; "fighting is crude and uncivilized especially if the weapons are efficient"; "wild tribes"similar to: noncivilised, noncivilized - not having a high state of culture and social development
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