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Type Words
Synonyms savage
Type of primitive person, primitive
Has types head-shrinker, headhunter, hunter-gatherer, man-eater, anthropophagite, anthropophagus, cannibal, vandal
Type Words
Synonyms barbaric, savage, uncivilised, uncivilized, wild


barbarian invaders.
Type Words
Synonyms boor, churl, goth, peasant, tike, tyke
Type of disagreeable person, unpleasant person

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Typical early barbarian warrior bands contained only up to two hundred warriors.
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With the help of her avian mount, she escapes and confronts the barbarian leader.
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An audience loves rooting for an underdog, but what about a barbarian underdog?
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Romulus lost his throne, and a barbarian named Odoacer made himself king of Italy.
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Yet the articles deal with it as if it was a barbarian Kingdom similar to Illyria.
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In the late 4th century, however, the Huns began to overrun barbarian territories.
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It does not take a billionaire buy-out barbarian to put two and two together.
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If one can judge by this evidence, the Pelasgians spoke a barbarian language.
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A defeated Sarmatian barbarian serves as an atlas on a 16th century villa in Milan.
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  • Savage: a member of an uncivilized people
  • 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"
  • Peasant: a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement
  • A barbarian is an uncivilized person. The word is often used pejoratively, either in a general reference to a member of a nation or ethnos, typically a tribal society as seen by an urban civilization either viewed as inferior, or admired as a noble savage. ...
  • The barbarian is a playable character class in the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game.
  • Barbarian, also known as Kane the Barbarian, is an American sword and sorcery action direct-to-video film released in 2003. It can be almost considered as a remake from the 1983 film Deathstalker. ...
  • Barbarian is a 1987 computer platform game by Psygnosis. It was first developed for the Atari ST, but eventually ported to other popular platforms of the home computer era. ...
  • Barbarian is a video game of the fighting genre. The Gamecube version was originally planned for a US release in 2003, but was instead released in Japan (under the name Warrior Blade), and in Europe in 2004 . The game features 11 different fighters, each with different weapons and abilities. ...
  • The Barbarian is a 1933 film about an American woman tourist in Egypt who has several suitors, among them an Arab guide who is more than he seems. It starred Ramon Novarro and Myrna Loy.