Hypertext Webster Gateway: "barbarian"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
Barbarian
a Greek word used in the New Testament (Rom. 1:14) to denote one
of another nation. In Col. 3:11, the word more definitely
designates those nations of the Roman empire that did not speak
Greek. In 1 Cor. 14:11, it simply refers to one speaking a
different language. The inhabitants of Malta are so called (Acts
28:1,2, 4). They were originally a Carthaginian colony. This
word nowhere in Scripture bears the meaning it does in modern
times.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Barbarian \Bar*ba"ri*an\, n. [See {Barbarous}.]
1. A foreigner. [Historical]
Therefore if I know not the meaning of the voice, I
shall be unto him that speaketh a barbarian, and he
that speaketh shall be a barbarian unto me. --? Cor.
xiv. 11.
2. A man in a rule, savage, or uncivilized state.
3. A person destitute of culture. --M. Arnold.
4. A cruel, savage, brutal man; one destitute of pity or
humanity. ``Thou fell barbarian.'' --Philips.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Barbarian \Bar*ba"ri*an\, a.
Of, or pertaining to, or resembling, barbarians; rude;
uncivilized; barbarous; as, barbarian governments or nations.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
barbarian
adj : without civilizing influences; "barbarian invaders";
"barbaric practices"; "a savage people"; "fighting is
crude and uncivilized especially if the weapons are
efficient"-Margaret Meade; "wild tribes" [syn: {barbaric},
{savage}, {uncivilized}, {uncivilised}, {wild}]
n 1: a member of an uncivilized people [syn: {savage}]
2: a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or
refinement [syn: {peasant}, {boor}, {churl}, {Goth}, {tyke},
{tike}]
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