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4 definitions found 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 1.6 [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}, {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}] 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.
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